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3 unusual facts about Colonization of the outer Solar System


Colonization of the outer Solar System

The moons/comets do not have this problem, although some have specific problems (e.g., Europa is in Jupiter's intense radiation bands).

---by who?---> Nuclear power is believed by some to be the only suitable power source for the colonies, although there have been proposals to use concentrated starlight/sunlight and the gravitational potential energy of planets or dwarf planets with moons.

Its radiation would deliver about 3,600 rems per day to unshielded colonists on Io and about 540 rems per day to unshielded colonists on Europa.



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