Thank you so much for your comprehensive answer. Do you think this issue would make interstellar travel all but impossible? Is shielding from radiation typically lead in composition (like the lead aprons they give you for medical X-rays), or are there other kinds or technologies? I would imagine that lifting lead into space for this purpose would be prohibitively expensive.
I was wondering how pervasive radiation, at levels dangerous to humans, is throughout the galaxy and what discussion there has been about the implications for space travel in the future.
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Thank you so much for your comprehensive answer. Do you think this issue would make interstellar travel all but impossible? Is shielding from radiation typically lead in composition (like the lead aprons they give you for medical X-rays), or are there other kinds or technologies? I would imagine that lifting lead into space for this purpose would be prohibitively expensive.