Reply to post: Why 400 days for men and 300 days for women?

Trips to Mars may be OFF: The SUN has changed in a way we've NEVER SEEN

Alan_Peery

Why 400 days for men and 300 days for women?

I would have thought that the typical male body mass being larger would have meant more body to absorb cosmic rays, and therefore more chance for a mutation that eventually becomes deadly cancer. The numbers above point to some different mechanism -- what is it?

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