Storm shelter
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A Storm shelter is a place where colonists can take refuge from a solar flare. The main Settlement will be well shielded, so it in itself will be a storm shelter. However, manned rovers, Railroad cars, Airships and Landers will need emergency shielding if a solar flare occurs. A good material for this is polyethylene, because it contains many hydrogen atoms, is light and can be made on Mars easily.
Open issues
- Is there any way of measuring high radiation levels on the surface of Mars? If such levels are detected, will it be too late?
- Even with space access, an autonomous colony will not be able to launch its own satillites to monitor the sun.
