From: henry@spsystems.net   
      
   In article ,   
   Brian Gaff  wrote:   
   >My gut feeling is no, you could not do it. The lack of an apparent active   
   >magnetic field to protect the surface etc from radiation is another problem   
   >you have of course.   
      
   Not a big problem with a dense atmosphere.  The surface radiation dose on   
   Earth at the North Magnetic Pole -- where Earth's magnetic field supplies   
   essentially no shielding -- is not substantially higher than elsewhere   
   on Earth.   
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   MOST launched 30 June; first light, 29 July; 5arcsec    | Henry Spencer   
   pointing, 10 Sept; first science, early Oct; all well.  | henry@spsystems.net   
      
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