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Old 09-08-2014, 01:30 PM   #23
Flyndaran
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Default Re: [Spaceships] Habitat observations

Magnetic fields pull charged radiation toward the poles making for pretty auroras. GCR is just coming in to fast and hard to be tugged out of the way by anything but sheer mass or fields the size of the sun's.

For spaceships, such fields would work best for solar flares. But if you have the mass to protect against GCR, even large flares are little worry.
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