what type of cancer can you get from staying on mars for too long?
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Explanation:
Astronauts are exposed to approximately 50-2,000 millisieverts (mSv) while on six-month-duration missions to the International Space Station (ISS), the Moon and beyond.[1][2][failed verification] The risk of cancer caused by ionizing radiation is well documented at radiation doses beginning at 100mSv and above.
Related radiological effect studies have shown that survivors of the atomic bomb explosions in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear reactor workers and patients who have undergone therapeutic radiation treatments have received low-linear energy transfer (LET) radiation (x-rays and gamma rays) doses in the same 50-2,000 mSv range.
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difficulties and hazards include radiation exposure during a trip to mars and on its surface, toxic soil, low gravity, the isolation that accompanies mars, distance from earth, lack of water, and cold temperature, and skin cancer.