Chapter Thirty-One
Chief and Tyler looked at each other, both with excited expressions on their faces. They sat on a stack of pallets as they laced up thick-soled black boots. They’d already zipped up the heavy tan one-piece jumpsuits, which were designed with materials to decrease radiation exposure and had built-in pads for the knee and elbows.
The clothing and shielding in the ORV should protect them from most of the radiation. However, they also had multiple small radiation meters with them. They had one on the inside of their jumpsuits and another hanging on the outside. They attached one to the inside wall of the ORV and another to the outside. Later, when they returned from the first trip out in thirty-three years, there would be a clear picture of their exposure and how much the
