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| | Magnetic Radiation Shielding: An Idea Whose Time Has Returned? - G.Landis (1991) |
 | | The concept of magnetic shielding using superconducting coils for space vehicles was first discussed by Levy [2] and analyzed in some detail in the 1960's and early 1970's [3,4,5,16,17], but was not pursued, primarily because there were no plans for long-duration manned flights which would benefit from such a shield. |
 | | Magnetic radiation shielding received a brief resurgence of attention in the late 1970's, when the concept of large space colonies was introduced by O'Neill, as an alternative to simple mass shielding for the large populations envisioned [6,7]. |
 | | A solution proposed by Levy and Janes [10, 11] is a hybrid of the magnetic shield and the electrostatic shield, the "plasma shield." An electrostatic charge is applied to the vehicle (or habitat) shell to repel the positively charged radiation; a magnetic field then prevents the plasma electrons from discharging the vehicle. |
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