Tardigrades left on the Moon

[Eldorado 48,442]

"When you look up at the moon, there may now be a few thousand water bears looking back at you.

"The Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashed into the moon during a failed landing attempt on April 11. In doing so, it may have strewn the lunar surface with thousands of dehydrated tardigrades, Wired reported yesterday (Aug. 5)."

Full scoop at Live Science: https://www.livescience.com/66109-tardigrades-moon-israeli-lander.html

Original article at Wired dot com: https://www.wired.com/story/a-crashed-israeli-lunar-lander-spilled-tardigrades-on-the-moon/

[Calibeliever 1,605]

Amazing creatures. It's a Tardigrade world, and we're just living in it. 

[Orphalesion 6,080]

We need to get those chubby bois home! :-(

[XenoFish 101,588]

I wonder if tardigrades can be genetically modified to terraform planets? Just a random thought...

[bmk1245 3,592]

23 minutes ago, XenoFish said:

I wonder if tardigrades can be genetically modified to terraform planets? Just a random thought...

Fartout oxygen, I'm for it!

On the other hand, Cyanobacterias are the most destructive creatures, turned whole planet from CO₂ breathing, to O₂.....

Edited August 7, 2019 by bmk1245

[Herr Falukorv 1,670]

I am a tardigrade

[godnodog 727]

i shall name thee "MattDamondigrades" 

[acidlung 2]

Can't help myself...