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Comment Shielding (Score 2) 73

One of the hazards that long duration space travellers will face is radiation. The Earth's magnetic field draws incoming particles to the poles, thus protecting us. Could these powerful magnets be utilized on spacecraft to provide a similar function, drawing incoming particles to a sacrificial target or an area of the spacecraft that is hardened against radiation?

Comment Re:Why is a PR release on slashdot? (Score 1) 43

Other way around. Launches aren't news, because that means that everything happened the way it was supposed to happen. Scrubbed launches are news because something unexpected, something new, happened.

Consider the Apollo program. Apollo 11 landed on the moon. By the time Apollo 13 was scheduled to launch, everyone was so bored that they were having trouble getting air time on TV. They weren't news until something unexpected happened.

Comment Re:Well then (Score 1) 251

No, because it's both a denial of service attack and interference with the normal operation of a licensed device.

I'm not familiar with the intricate details of the regulations in the so-called "Land of the Free", but wouldn't those objections also apply to the operators of the Stingray as well?

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