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am_Unition · 3411 days ago · link · · parent · post: Voyager I approaches Jupiter - animated gif

I was musing about it last night, and I've decided that the safest place to build a permanent base within our solar system would be in low orbit (and low inclination of orbit) around Jupiter. The massive/strong magnetic field would protect us from particle radiation that is the byproduct of nearby supernova explosions. There's still the whole asteroid/comet collision thing (Shoemaker-Levy 9, anyone?, but now you're an orbiting colony, and you can alter your trajectory. Then you've only got several million other engineering problems to worry about!

Food for thought.

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cybergarp · 3409 days ago · link ·

I always thought the strong magnetic fields posed huge challenges in and of themselves, eddie currents in electronics could destroy a lot of potentially critical systems, so shielding and design require a lot more work.

+discuss+discuss

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am_Unition · 3408 days ago · link ·

That is correct, and swept under my rug of "several million other engineering problems to worry about". Everything you mentioned is thought to be solvable, as best I know.