Experts now recommend that humans spend no more than four years on various missions to Mars. According to one of the latest studies on the viability of human life on the Red Planet, scientists believe that if humans spend more time than this point, radiation levels will become dangerous.
According to the British newspaper “Daily Mail”, the results published in the Advancing Earth and Science Journal clearly show that the best time to start a human space journey to Mars is the so-called “solar maximum” period. Solar energy can be protected from particles. .
“Our simulations show that increased protection leads to increased secondary radiation produced by active GCR, leading to a higher dose, so it was necessary to determine the duration of the task,” the researchers said.
“We believe that a potential mission to Mars should not exceed approximately four years,” the researchers emphasized.
This study shows that space radiation poses severe limitations and technical challenges to a human mission to Mars, but such a mission is still viable.
Other research by the UCLA team found that Mars and Mars rovers should provide adequate protection during the round trip.
However, if the material the spacecraft is made of is too thick, it can actually increase the amount of secondary radiation.
Other findings include information that the best time to leave Earth is when the sun’s activity is at its peak, because the “solar maximum” is the least dangerous.
