"Revolutionizing Active Shielding: Innovative Ideas for Viable Protection"

Space radiation poses a significant challenge for long-duration space missions, with solar events and galactic cosmic rays presenting different threats. While passive shielding is effective against solar events, it is inadequate for protecting against high-energy cosmic rays. Active shielding, which deflects charged particles like Earth's magnetic field, is a promising solution but has been difficult to implement. Earth's natural shielding system, consisting of its magnetic field, atmosphere, and planetary mass, provides significant protection, but replicating this in space is challenging. Developing miniaturized, portable active shielding technology may be the key to protecting astronauts on future deep space missions.