04-17-2007, 01:54 PM
Many spacecrafts (outside earth's magnetosphere) have been hit by and passed through centers of many flares, big and small, and their magnetic/particle data is available.
In short, undue worries about flares are misplaced, unless you happen to be outside earth's magnetosphere without a radiation suit. Of course power grid instabilities and satellite failures can occur during a big flare.
In short, undue worries about flares are misplaced, unless you happen to be outside earth's magnetosphere without a radiation suit. Of course power grid instabilities and satellite failures can occur during a big flare.