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Australian Spiders Travel To Space

Posted by timothy on from the why-can't-they-send-them-all dept.

Mike Parsons writes "CNN is reporting an interesting story on Australian spiders that will travel to space for a scientific experiment. Here is a quote: Eight spiders from Australia will make a trip to outer space to help the U.S. space agency test the effects of zero gravity. It's not the first time arachnids have been sent into space. In 1973, NASA sent Arabella, a common cross spider in the United States, into orbit on the Skylab space station."

4 of 28 comments (clear)

  1. In SOVIET by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    RUSSIA first posts YOU!

  2. Post. by tvadakia · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey!! I got Post!!! no really, I have nothing intelligent to say about this particular topic, but I like making fun of "FP" or "First Post!!" ers. The rest of you continue on.

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    Unique.
  3. DEAD HORSE BEATS YOU by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yakov would have actually written a funny first post.

    1. Re:DEAD HORSE BEATS YOU by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      But in SOVIET RUSSIA a funny first post would have written YAKOV!