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| Oct 15, 2015 at 20:29 | comment | added | KeithS | That's fairly easy to mitigate; the Earth's magnetic field and ozone layer provide most of the protection we have from ionizing radiation. The rest is animal biochemistry; most animals that live on Earth's surface have skin designed to be damaged, die and fall away, which is as important for limiting the amount of real damage ionizing radiation does as it is for healing from and preventing physical injury due to abrasions piling up over time. You just need to transplant these qualities, or re-invent the mechanics, on your habitable moon. | |
| Oct 15, 2015 at 3:15 | comment | added | Howard Miller | A habitable moon was one of my first ideas. If the "Earth-like moon" was orbiting inside a giant planet's magnetosphere, there is a possibility of lots of quirks. The giant planet could be on the very verge of ignition, and have very regular flares of heat. But I think that would mean the planet gets blasted with heavy radiation regularly. | |
| Oct 14, 2015 at 18:49 | history | answered | KeithS | CC BY-SA 3.0 |