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He is alive : Russians: Mosquito Survives in Outer Space
foxnews ^
| February 24, 2009
Posted on 02/24/2009 6:37:13 PM PST by JoeProBono
Sometimes it's just really hard to kill a bug.
According to the Russian news agency RIA Novosti, a mosquito managed to live 18 months clinging to the outside of the International Space Station, without any food, being bombarded by radiation and enduring fluctuating temperatures ranging from minus 230 degrees to 140 degrees Fahrenheit.
"We brought him back to Earth. He is alive, and his feet are moving," Anatoly Grigoryev of the Russian Academy of Sciences told RIA Novosti.
The buzzing bug was part of a larger experiment in which bacteria, barley seeds, small crustaceans and larval insects were placed in a container strapped to the exterior of the space station, which orbits in zero gravity about 200 miles above the surface of the Earth.
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TOPICS: Outdoors; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: junkscience; mosquito
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To: JoeProBono
Baldercrap! -230, in a vacuum, with no nourishment for 18 months. Twaddlecock I say!
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posted on
02/24/2009 8:17:09 PM PST
by
762X51
To: JoeProBono
No wonder the Russians (Soviets) lost the Space Race and the Cold War. Just swat it!
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posted on
02/24/2009 8:18:40 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason.)
To: JoeProBono
What they fail to provide is a picture of the "mosquito" upon its return to Earth
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posted on
02/24/2009 9:25:18 PM PST
by
JRios1968
(The real first rule of Fight Club: Do not invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
To: JRios1968
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posted on
02/24/2009 9:37:32 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: boray
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posted on
02/24/2009 9:45:57 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: SunkenCiv
From the Clinton News Network: "Scientists in the U.S. are developing a laser gun that could kill millions of mosquitoes in minutes. The laser, which has been dubbed a "weapon of mosquito destruction" fires at mosquitoes once it detects the audio frequency created by the beating of its wings. The laser beam then destroys the mosquito, burning it on the spot. Developed by some of the astrophysicists involved in what was known as the "Star Wars" anti-missile programs during the Cold War, the project is meant to prevent the spread of malaria"
Take that you darned mosquitos.
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posted on
03/17/2009 6:21:53 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: RosieCotton
I'm tempted to say "Velekovsky Strikes Again".
He had this theory that bugs can survive outerspace conditions and travel in comets from here to there.
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posted on
03/17/2009 6:23:49 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: muawiyah; The Spirit Of Allegiance
Just send a SWAT team.
Okay, sorry! Anopheles silly comments.
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03/17/2009 7:55:24 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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