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by ben_w 964 days ago
Even then. The sun is always a big ball of dangerous radiation, even despite things like the ozone layer. A nuclear rocket taking off isn't something you want to be near, but even literal Chernobyl wasn't as deadly in total as skin cancer was just in the year the reactor exploded.
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This is super useful information to me because I was born yesterday and am just hearing about the sun now from you for the first time.