As humans colonize space we will have to develop some kind of

>>9063087
Relatively thin sheets of plastic?

>>9063100
more along the lines of thick plates of lead.

>>9063100
>>9063104
I was thinking more along the lines of an "energy barrier" rather than "physical" types of armor.

What made you think of physical barriers first?

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>>9063087
Of interest:

http://www.clavius.org/envrad.html

Pic not really related, but I like it.

>>9063110
Me, I thought of it first becasue it was what I was familiar with.

>>9063104
Not so good for charged particles.

>>9063120
I'm more worried about charged particles.

I think the drive to protect against charged particles will birth some type of energy shield made of inversely charged particles of whatever its supposed to be blocking.

But that got me thinking...which woukd come first. Electromagnetic shields to protect us from charged particles or some kind of charged particle weapon and then in response comes the electromagnetic shield

>>9063087
A strong electromagnet would do the trick. If it works for the planet, it'll work elsewhere.

>>9063087
Easy, just don't send humans. Make robots do it.

>>9063734
Just a solar flare could disrupt our magnetic field and kill everything on earth. I think it needs to be more than an "always on" Protoss type shield. Maybe something that senses the incoming wave and just makes a sheild of that wave forms opposite energy?

>>9063735
That's not colonization if robots do it.