Thousands of worms that hitched a ride to Earth on the shuttle Atlantis have arrived safely at a B.C. university, where they could shed light on how space radiation affects humans.
The worms landed with the shuttle Friday afternoon at Edwards Air Force Base in California, six months after their ancestors - now long dead - were sent to the International Space Station.
"The worms are at the lab and appear to be fine," molecular biologist Bob Johnsen told CBC News on Monday.
Space Worms
At first I thought they found worms out in space, that is impossible....it pays to read the whole article. Very interesting anyway.
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QUOTE(glorybebe @ Jun 27 2007, 02:28 AM) 
Thousands of worms that hitched a ride to Earth on the shuttle Atlantis have arrived safely at a B.C. university, where they could shed light on how space radiation affects humans.
The worms landed with the shuttle Friday afternoon at Edwards Air Force Base in California, six months after their ancestors - now long dead - were sent to the International Space Station.
"The worms are at the lab and appear to be fine," molecular biologist Bob Johnsen told CBC News on Monday.
Space Worms
At first I thought they found worms out in space, that is impossible....it pays to read the whole article. Very interesting anyway.
The worms landed with the shuttle Friday afternoon at Edwards Air Force Base in California, six months after their ancestors - now long dead - were sent to the International Space Station.
"The worms are at the lab and appear to be fine," molecular biologist Bob Johnsen told CBC News on Monday.
Space Worms
At first I thought they found worms out in space, that is impossible....it pays to read the whole article. Very interesting anyway.
So this worms lifted of from the shuttle, enjoyed LEO ( Low Earth Orbit), visited space, reentried on the shuttle. And all for free?!?!?! WTH!?!?!? I wanna go to space for free too!!!!!!!!!!! Geesh, didnt know worms could get so lucky.
QUOTE(glorybebe @ Jun 26 2007, 08:28 PM)
At first I thought they found worms out in space, that is impossible....it pays to read the whole article. Very interesting anyway.
Yes, it does indeed pay to read the whole article.
In this day-and-age, especially, an author writing a line like, "Thousands of worms that hitched a ride to earth..." ought to be shot. Despite the fact that it's true, it rather lends credence to an alien life thing that might be associcted with it.
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So this worms lifted of from the shuttle, enjoyed LEO ( Low Earth Orbit), visited space, reentried on the shuttle. And all for free?!?!?! WTH!?!?!? I wanna go to space for free too!!!!!!!!!!! Geesh, didnt know worms could get so lucky.
Actually, I think they were previously lofted to the ISS, and bred. This current lot of wormy guys were their offspring, who wre born and raised on the ISS. The parents are dead....
They did indeed get to go for free...but they all bought the farm in space.
I don't know if it was worth the price!
sounded like that 2 me. lol! that's weird.
QUOTE(sunburst @ Jun 28 2007, 05:40 PM)
sounded like that 2 me. lol! that's weird.
Friggin' false advertisement!
LOL
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