While it is indeed a risk, it's something NASA, and other agencies, have been working and designing suits around for years. Micrometeorites and the like about t

While it is indeed a risk, it's something NASA, and other agencies, have been working and designing suits around for years. Micrometeorites and the like about the size of the objects this article talks about are also prevalent in low earth orbit where the ISS is, and we've not had anyone seriously injured in that environment. In fact, one of the pages on NASA's educational site talks about issues very similar to this [1]. Plus, every space mission has gone with a pretty extensive medical kit [2], and suit repair kit [3], and I'm certain that anyone going to the moon would receive training as to how to clean and dress a wound should someone get peppered from meteorite shrapnel. [1] http://quest.nasa.gov/space/teachers/suited/9d2micro.html http://quest.nasa.gov/space/teachers/suited/9d2micro.html [2] http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_18-42_Apollo_Medical_Kits.htm http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_18-42_Apollo_Medical_... [3] http://airandspace.si.edu/events/apollo11/objects/apolloartifact.cfm?id=A19791764000 http://airandspace.si.edu/events/apollo11/objects/apolloarti...