[NicknamedBob]

In the current scenario, in the continuing adventure of this "soap-opera" we call the Undead Thread, our location is Eniwetok Atoll.

We've been here for several months, continuing to "gas up" in the engine modernization program begun back in Hawaii.

With over a thousand Gas-Cooled Nuclear Reactors to build and fuel up, we needed to extract a lot of Uranium from the sea-water around us. Fortunately, the Eniwetokians have been very cooperative with us. Somehow, they seem to have gotten the impression we're part of a huge environmental cleanup workgroup.

We'll test the efficiency of our Nuclear Rocket design in a few days, sending an expedition to the moon and returning. NASA has asked us to drop off a multiple ton "package" for them. They seem to think there could be water-ice in one of the craters there.



We'll also be dropping off our own robotic laboratory equipment as well. We will have to operate our spider-robots at slow speed from here for the most part, but we have a few experiments and processes to set up ourselves.

After the Lunar expedition is completed, we'll get everything ready to blast off from the ocean's surface on December twenty-seventh on our long-awaited journey to Mars.

As much fun as the Undead Thread has been so far, it should become even more interesting in the coming weeks!

[Tax-chick]

Sigh.

[tuliptree76]

It's definitely a soap opera in here.

[sionnsar]

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[Irish_Thatcherite]

There's atolls on the moon????

[Delta 21]

You be careful out there!

Been reading here.

No astronaut wants to encounter a swarm of high-energy solar protons. Severe storms are literally sickening; exposure causes vomiting, fatigue and low blood counts. Without medical attention, an astronaut suffering from radiation sickness could die. Now for the good news: few solar protons are able to penetrate the hulls of NASA spaceships. As long as astronauts stay inside, they're safe.

Cosmic rays are different—and worse. Cosmic rays are super-charged subatomic particles coming mainly from outside our solar system. Sources include exploding stars, black holes and other characters that dwarf the sun in violence. Unlike solar protons, which are relatively easy to stop with materials such as aluminum or plastic, cosmic rays cannot be completely stopped by any known shielding technology.

Even inside their ships, astronauts are exposed to a slow drizzle of cosmic rays coming right through the hull. The particles penetrate flesh, damaging tissue at the microscopic level. One possible side-effect is broken DNA, which can, over the course of time, cause cancer, cataracts and other maladies.