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>>14757052
It's like being in the interplanetary space between the two planets but since the Sun is blocked half the time, the dose is halved. Shielding is really just a mass problem, easily solved on Mars through covering the habitation with regolith but for the transit future astronauts will likely just have to accept the non-life-threatening dose or perhaps pay a premium to stay on a large Aldrin cycler spacecraft that would transit Earth to Mars in 146 days. It would have far fewer mass limitations, so very protective shielding is easily achievable and it would serve as a destination for multiple outgoing ships. The alternative is a faster transit but near-term propulsion will likely be limited to 3+ months.