Cosmic Ray Mitigation

I do enjoy a good pun.

I have mentioned previously that I am opposed to manned space exploration as it now exists, but am absolutely in favor of continued research (of a reasonable magnitude relative to that in other areas, as robotic exploration is advancing quickly) since my objections are of a practical nature. This is especially true because often there are unintended applications of such study. It occurred to me this morning that perhaps one of the most significant crossover discoveries might come from one possible technique to mitigate the effects of long term cosmic ray exposure: cure cancer. Even this manned space travel skeptic would have a tough time arguing against that.