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NASA Watches Mars Light Up During Epic Solar Storm - NASA
In addition to producing auroras, a recent extreme storm provided more detail on how much radiation future astronauts could encounter on the Red Planet.Anthony Greicius (NASA)
Paul Sutton
in reply to NASA • • •If we are going to have any sort of colony on mars we are going to need to protect ourselves.
I wonder if there is any Boron Ore on Mars, as I think Boron Nitride has been suggested as a way to shield spacecraft, so perhaps if there is a source of both Boron and Nitrogen on Mars we could make shielding on Mars at some point in the future.