The arrogance of “man”.
This is RIDICULOUS. PREPOSTEROUS. HUBRIS.
and in trying, What could possibly go WRONG?
Anybody knows all we need to do is...
“... go in, set up these big atmosphere processors to make the air breathable. Takes decades. It’s what we call a shake-n-bake colony.”
Aliens (1986)
video clip/story 7 seconds
https://www.getyarn.io/yarn-story/21481247-fab5-4acf-b63b-20ea97025a98
I would think that an effort like this to build a device that emits a protective magnetic shield would be best directed at enabling future spacecraft with it. Such a device that protects humans in spacecraft from the effects of solar wind particles, etc would be worth its weight in gold pressed Latinum.