Dennis Tito is planning an ambitious private flyby of Mars for 2018 that will carry all kinds of logistical challenges during its proposed 501-day span, not the least of which is shielding the crew from radiationwithout consuming valuable resources.
If a storm hit, a plant or two would have been knocked out, but millions of people would not have been left without power, and radiation would not have spread over hundreds or even thousands of square miles.
Honeywell began the MRAM effort in 1984 at the urging of the Department of Defense, which needed memory for satellites and long-range missiles that could withstand radiation in space without the addition of heavy shielding.