UK scientists working at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory near Oxford and the universities of York and Strathclyde have tested a "mini-magnetosphere" enveloping a model spacecraft in the lab. It turns out that their prototype offers almost total protection against high energy solar particles.Deflector shields are a reality. Awesome.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Raise Shields!
Via Paul McAuley, a piece on Universe Today stating:
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What I really want to know is -- what does that model spacecraft they're using look like? The Enterprise? X-Wing Fighter? Borg Cube?
Robert
Good question. You know, I've always maintained that the Enterprise will exist one day, if for no other reason than some future space-fairing fan will build it. There are dozens of privately-owned, fan-built batmobiles around, after all.
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