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To: SunkenCiv

How strong are those gamma rays?

That is an important question. It could make building a colony on the moon impossible, thereby shattering the dreams of millions of science fiction fans.

Gamma rays are the ones that damage DNA and cause cancer; at high doses, they are rapidly lethal.


3 posted on 04/29/2016 5:10:57 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: exDemMom

space now scares the hell out of me


5 posted on 04/29/2016 5:13:42 AM PDT by ghosthost
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To: exDemMom
There are existing caverns that would serve just fine, blocking the gamma rays.

9 posted on 04/29/2016 5:23:04 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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