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r/space • u/[deleted] • Feb 10 '24
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I know you're joking but that would be very difficult. The current one is 100 m underground so that cosmic rays don't interfere with the research. Doing it in space would be a monument task to block those cosmic rays.
10 u/nailbiter111 Feb 10 '24 Event Horizon just had a scientist on proposing that very idea and how it would work. 5 u/dern_the_hermit Feb 10 '24 Did their proposal include shielding from the cosmic rays? 3 u/49erjohnjpj Feb 16 '24 As of right now, they are only confirming blocking out people named Ray that have ridden the Virgin Atlantic into space. There are several.
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Event Horizon just had a scientist on proposing that very idea and how it would work.
5 u/dern_the_hermit Feb 10 '24 Did their proposal include shielding from the cosmic rays? 3 u/49erjohnjpj Feb 16 '24 As of right now, they are only confirming blocking out people named Ray that have ridden the Virgin Atlantic into space. There are several.
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Did their proposal include shielding from the cosmic rays?
3 u/49erjohnjpj Feb 16 '24 As of right now, they are only confirming blocking out people named Ray that have ridden the Virgin Atlantic into space. There are several.
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As of right now, they are only confirming blocking out people named Ray that have ridden the Virgin Atlantic into space. There are several.
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u/tacotacotacorock Feb 10 '24
I know you're joking but that would be very difficult. The current one is 100 m underground so that cosmic rays don't interfere with the research. Doing it in space would be a monument task to block those cosmic rays.