re: Clue: Cosmic Rays Are More Energetic Than Solar Flare Particles & Energy
It's 3 days to the Moon, with a heat shield for radiation shielding. It's engineered, been dcne, and it works.
Since YOU want to go to Mars, YOU work out the shielding and mass requirements for that delta V of YOURS.
My math tells me that the transportation costs are too high for practical development, and a 10 person lifeboat won't make it with the other 6,000,000,0000 people left on the "sinking ship".
My thinking is that "Apollo on steroids" is ultimately going to end up like Apollo, just in a quicker and different way.
And how is that "ID" of yours, Mark?