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tardigrades (water bears) can live through damn near anything... they go into a cyst stage and can survive like that for at least 5 years. so it wouldnt surprise me if they could survive in space for a while. it kinda defeats the purpose since they are sending them in sealed containers though. all they are going to experience is the pressure.
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Am I the only one that read ..."10 different kind of orgasms" ?
no. i was pretty disappointed when i came in and saw i had misread
"To prepare for the upcoming launch, the scientists had to overcome several challenges. They tested the BioModule's durability by violently vibrating the container while strapped to a shake table, and then shooting the container out of an air cannon to mimic the conditions it would undergo. "
thats not a challenge, mythbusters does stuff like that all the time
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I wonder if some of the microbes will remain, evolve into intelligent life and then create crazy stories about their origins like an invisible old man who lives in the sky and can grant wishes
When in reality its some geek who has a phd in astrophysics from mit
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So, scientists are going to send 10 different kinds of organisms to Phobos.
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