The planet Mars is the "next frontier", scientists preparing within the space agencies of various countries missions that would bring the astronauts to the fourth planet from the sun as soon as possible. Even if huge sums of money are invested so that the first trips to the planet Mars can be made during the 2030s, there is still a lot to solve before people can get there, but more importantly, can stay there.
The planet Mars is already being explored by multiple robots roaming its surface, several space probes being in the atmosphere, but scientists have made an even more important discovery. The researchers stated that for there to be safe trips to the planet Mars, they need to take place when the sun is at a moment of maximum activity, and this is because there are two big problems for these missions.
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The planet Mars is far from the Earth, several months being necessary for a spaceship to reach there, and during all this time it is constantly hit by both solar radiation and cosmic rays coming from outside the solar system. In order for the people who want to travel to the planet Mars to be safe, traveling during a "solar maximum" is desirable, and this is because during that period the intense solar activity protects the spacecraft from cosmic rays outside the solar system.
"This study shows that although space radiation imposes strict limitations and presents technological difficulties for a human mission to Mars, such a mission is still viable. Scientists' calculations show that it would be possible to shield a Mars-bound spacecraft from energetic particles from the sun, because during solar maximum, the most dangerous and energetic particles from distant galaxies are deflected by enhanced solar activity."
Mars also offers minimal protection from solar radiation, but scientists could include more effective shields to protect astronauts during their travels. Of course, this process is far from simple, but even so, trips to the planet Mars would be much safer if they were made during these periods when the solar activity is maximum, but this will not happen until 2030 .
The planet Mars will not be able to be visited until 2030 anyway due to the lack of spaceships sufficiently well prepared for such long journeys with a human crew, so it remains to be seen what exactly will be announced about everything.
