Scientist James Van Allen designed one of the three experiments aboard Explorer 1, a Geiger counter that clicked when it detected cosmic radiation. This led to Van Allen's discovery of a donut-shaped radiation belt that wraps around Earth--now called the Van Allen radiation belt.
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I guess these ladies are "analog biological computers"?
georgeou | 01/31/08
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