Mars Declared Unsafe For Humans, No One Can Survive Longer Than 4 Years

Mars Declared Unsafe For Humans To Live On

Research carried out by team at UCLA looked to answer two key questions – the first being around the impact of particle radiation and whether it would pose too grave a threat to human life.

The second was whether the timing of a mission to Mars could protect astronauts and the spacecraft from radiation?

To answer both questions, the scientists used geophysical models of particle radiation for a solar cycle and models of how radiation could affect both human passengers and a spacecraft.

 

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Now, the good news is that the answers to their two questions were ‘no’ and ‘yes’, respectively. According to the scientists’ calculations, the spacecraft should provide enough protection during the round trip to and from Mars for the astronauts.

However, if the material the spacecraft is built with is too thick, then it could actually increase the amount of secondary radiation.

On the other hand, the bad news is that experts recommended humans should spend no longer than four years on any mission to the planet.

According to the study, which was published in the Advancing Earth and Science Journal, beyond this point, the levels of radiation become unsafe.