Astronauts going to Mars would receive huge, unsafe radiation doses
New research indicates that the enormous amount of solar radiation astronauts would receive on a round trip to Mars makes such a trip currently infeasible.
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New research indicates that the enormous amount of solar radiation astronauts would receive on a round trip to Mars makes such a trip currently infeasible.
Due to the lack of knowledge yet on how to properly handle radioactive materials, the US government conducted experiments on human test subjects by injecting them with plutonium without their knowledge.
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