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On mars, initial habitation would be underground/in canyons to shield from the radiation. Similar plans for the moon.
Of course excavating sub-surface dwellings on another celestial body is currently about as technically feasible as time travel, but that's the heart of the most realistic plans for long-term habitation.
read good things about lava tunnels on the moon. not as much on mars. must be caves somewhere. would take many generations for natural selection to give us better skin. if we survive. ocean voyages were a big gamble.
You have the largest canyon in the solar system, if you live there you get pretty dense atmosphere, compared to the surface, and lateral earth shielding, and you're also next to the largest mountain in the solar system.