Preparing for future human exploration: Measuring the radiation environment on Mars | Science News | Scoop.it
From www.physorg.com - November 22, 2011 3:53 PM

NASA will launch the Mars Science Laboratory on Nov. 26, 2011, to assess the past and present habitability of the Red Planet's surface. The mission will land Curiosity, a rover equipped with 10 instruments designed to search for evidence of elements needed to support life – namely, water and carbon-based materials – and to characterize life-limiting factors, such as the planet's radiation environment.