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Mars is often touted as the next planet people could inhabit, but the amount of radiation we would be exposed to would significantly raise the risk of fetal abnormalities, and existing technologies can’t get around it.
Compared with Earth, the surface of Mars is exposed to much higher levels of radiation, which can kill cells and cause cancer.
Amid plans to explore more of our solar system, Abdurrahman Engin Demir of…