Its purpose is the same as Star Wars was for us in the '80s, said Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist who publishes a monthly space report. It's to scare the other side.
Five nuclear experts in a 2010 study explained how astronauts hit by the most powerful rays would experience two to three hours of nausea and vomiting before the radiation sickness left them facing a 90 percent probability of death.
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