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Extreme space weather could jeopardize NASA’s Artemis moon missions – CNET
Delaying a return to the moon could put astronauts at risk.
The sun’s activity is expected to ramp up toward the next predicted maximum in 2025.
NASA Goddard
The blazing hot ball of gas at the center of our solar system could prove problematic for future moon explorers. Although it sits some 93 million miles from Earth, the activity that occurs on the sun’s surface blasts radioactive particles out into the solar system. Earth’s magnetic field protects us from the worst of this activity down here, but astronauts out on the moon are naked (…except for the…
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