Radiation You Say? We'll let You Know!

Geiger-counters are so passe. Now, a tiny microdosimeter instrument (great word to drop at parties, don't you think?) has been developed to help Astronauts detect when radiation is around, and how to get away. This instrument can be put inside spacesuits, so everyone can have their very own high-tech raditation-detector. On a mission that wil probably encounter raditation, en route and on Mars or the moon, this will be a very nice additional tool for our future intersystem trail-blazers.