Technology

59495 readers

3041 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related content.
Be excellent to each another!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

-33

How can we get to Mars faster (youtube.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by werefreeatlast@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

32 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Notice the continuous mention of bones.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago

They did that in the novel "Seveneves", used a massive chunk of ice as the bow of their ship on a one-way, twenty year plus trip. It didn't stop all the radiation, though. Just enough to keep a minimum number of crew alive to complete their mission. They all developed different types of cancers, anyways,but the kinds that could be treated along the way and extend their chances.