With our Sun somewhat erratic with solar flares of high magnitude and a rather hard to predict solar cycle astronauts, space explorers and space tourists face uncertain risks. We must solve this problem of space radiation to protect our space ships and their occupants if we are to Boldly Go where no man or woman has gone before and come back safely; that is to say live to tell about it.

Recently in an online think tank one of the members suggested; How about a Radiation Reflector. You take the incoming radiation, infrasound and background noise and reflect it towards the sun to try and delete the radiation in the localized area directly around the spacecraft and direction of travel.

What if we take that radiation and reflect it forward toward the intended direction of travel. This might allow you to use the sun as a slingshot without toasting yourself in a Solar X-Flare, cooking me and the crew said another think tanker.

Yet others said; Hey wait a minute here. If it is energy, we want it because it is "Free" and plentiful, so let's collect it, not delete it. Or collect it and modify it to our perfection thru wave manipulation and then use it. Maybe collect and reflect, use the collector to power the reflector in other words? Or the laser to disrupt, diffuse or cancel out the incoming danger.

At the end of the online discussion members admitted that these were merely thoughts only, no answers. Thinking out loud if you will. Do you have thoughts on how to deal with the radiation issues, which hamper our efforts to make space travel safe? If so consider this in 2006.