how toeliminate or minimize harmful effect of cosmic rays?
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Explanation:
Earth's magnetic shield protects us from the cosmic radiation and is strongest at the equator and weakest near the poles. The magnetic shield diverts most of the radiation around the earth. Earth's atmosphere shields us from most of the remaining radiation that travels to Earth.Beyond Low Earth Orbit, space radiation may place astronauts at significant risk for radiation sickness, and increased lifetime risk for cancer, central nervous system effects, and degenerative diseases.
"On longer missions to the moon, astronauts will have to protect themselves from it [radiation exposure] — by covering their habitat with a thick layer of lunar rock, for example," study co-author Robert Wimmer-Schweingruber, of the Christian-Albrecht University in Kiel, Germany, said in the same statement.