Scientists at Ghent University in Belgium are pioneering an innovative solution to one of space exploration's greatest ...

But as far as providing personal protection ... Astronauts on a Mars mission would receive 60 rem/0.6 Sieverts… about a career's-worth of acceptable radiation exposure, in one mission.

Rather than using free-flowing water as radiation protection, hydrogel soaks up the water, creating equal distribution and protection — and if the protective layer is punctured, the water won't ...

The firm is designing a city in the desert of the United Arab Emirates meant to simulate a Mars colony. The $140 million ... materials that can block solar radiation (which is stronger on Mars ...

"At this stage of the development of space technology and anti-radiation protection, a human can’t fly to Mars," Shtemberg said. The scientist said, however, that a flight to the Moon was quite ...