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Notice the continuous mention of bones.

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[–] CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 7 points 3 days ago (26 children)

Since the astronauts need water to survive, why not line the spaceship with reservoirs of it to provide the shielding? Or does water not block space radiation well enough?

[–] unlawfulbooger@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 days ago (15 children)

But then they’re drinking irradiated water, no?

Unless it’s really easy to remove the radiation safely, this doesn’t seem like the right solution.

[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They used the ice for everything, including cooling and heating the ship as needed. They got the bad effects from the cosmic radiation pinging in from all other directions, not from using the water. The volume of ice was larger than that of the ship, I think it also absorbed physical damage from micrometeorites. Let's hope someone in the Big Green Machine reads the novel.

[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

I mean, they put nuclear waste at the bottom of miles deep water wells, because it absorbs alpha, gamma and beta particles and it's cheap.

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