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Comment Re:Worse than on Earth? (Score 1) 273

Is this really any easier or safer if there are plans for humans to ever be on that body again?

You do realise that space is so full of radiation that any long-term base on the Moon or Mars will probably need to be buried a few feet under the ground, right?

So what's worse - your default space radiation or some enriched nuclear fuel lying around or able to find its way inside your systems? One you know you have to deal with - the other you potentially have to deal with and it's way messier and much less predictable.

Comment Worse than on Earth? (Score 0) 273

Even if you get your nuclear stuff to another planet or moon and you set up your power station what happens when there's an accident? On Earth the conditions can be controlled (eventually) or the area quarantined and while weather comes into play with either distribution or dampening of material distribution, in no or little atmosphere there is an opportunity for nuclear material to travel far further. Is this really any easier or safer if there are plans for humans to ever be on that body again?

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