Application of silicon-detector technology to experiments in space. An option for the Astromag facility

Cosmic antimatter search needs transportation systems of the apparatus outside the atmosphere. The Astromag facility on the NASA space station will be a great opportunity for such a search in the next future. Here we discuss the advantages achievable from silicon-detector technology in space research and we propose a silicon calorimeter as an ideal option to work in connection with the Astromag facility itself.