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Maybe if we just launched from high elevations it could be more cost efficient. There are high elevation plateaus in Chile, just a thought.

Thank you for your response. Very interesting article. As for the steady rain of cosmic rays, no one has passed on the planet's surface so maybe with the right strength or pulsing magnetic field, there may be hope for safer travel. Deflecting seems to be a safer way to protect than absorption...

As we all know space travel is a risky business. Life on this blue marble is a fragile one, we have all we need here to sustain life as we know it. As our atmosphere protects us here on ground level, it has a protector that takes care of it. The strong magnetic force that surrounds our planet...