The Seven Best Travel Spots In Our Solar System - And How To Die There

The Crux
By John Wenz
Jul 9, 2018 9:15 PMNov 20, 2019 2:32 AM
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(Credit: Thinkstock: Cemil Adakale/Hemera (Earth), EddToro/Shutterstock (astronaut)) In the why-aren’t-you-watching-this television show The Expanse, humanity has spread out into the solar system. Mars and Earth stand as bitter rivals, with Ceres settlers somewhere in between. A few companies even have settlers in the outer regions of the solar system. You wouldn’t necessarily want to live in the world of The Expanse, as fantastic as it is. Yet the show still plays to the dreams of those of us who long to wander the final frontier. However, the reality of what awaits you beyond Earth is far more dangerous than the show. Even if you make it past the interplanetary radiation, you’re still confronted with any number of hazards, and they don’t stop once you land. Here are a few places from your colonization dreams that might end up actual nightmares.

Astronaut Gene Cernan covered in lunar dust. (Credit: NASA)

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