Summary: Cosmic Radiation, Lunar Swirls, Deflector Shields, and how to get to Mars without contracting Space Cancer… Episode 23 by Scott Unger (Click here to directly access the MP3) (Access the full text transcript) Cosmic radiation is a huge problem for intrepid explorers of the cosmos - but one group in the UK has begun research on creating mini-magnetospheres that can act as deflector shields to protect astronauts from ionizing radiation when they blast off for places like Mars! Listen to learn more… (Image: Reiner Gamma lunar swirl - visible with a backyard telescope - courtesy of NASA) More Information: NASA science: Lunar Swirls Lunar swirl gives clue to protecting astronauts NASA Lunar orbiter photo gallery Scott Unger is the producer / director of Experimental. He’s also a career science communicator with a background in Microbiology, and spent seven years working in a series of laboratories before moving into science writing. Scott is an alumni of the Banff Science Communications Program. Learn more about Scott from his LinkedIn résumé.
