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Australian Spiders Travel To Space
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."
I saw a news program that had some sort of zero gravity simulation using very strong magnetic fields. It was very similar to these machines, I believe. The zero-g chamber on the things is a tube about 6 inches long and 3 inches wide. Much to small for a human (the magnetic fields for something that big are prohibitive), but they put a strawberry, and then a spider inside. Both turned out just fine, but the spider looked like it got a bit seasick as is scambled around. Kinda cute to watch. I wish I could find some pictures.
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...And his name will be Bruce, obviously.
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I just hope the astronauts don't have arachnophobia.
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Just imagine, you're in outer space, trapped inside a sealed container, no place to go, and you feel something moving inside your AstroSleepTight (tm) bag
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Ladies and gentlemen, er, we've just lost the picture, but, uh, what we've seen speaks for itself. The Corvair spacecraft has been taken over -- "conquered", if you will -- by a master race of giant space ants^H^H^H spiders. It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive earth men or merely enslave them. One thing is for certain, there is no stopping them; the ants^H^H^H spiders will soon be here. And I, for one, welcome our new insect^H^H^H^H arachnid overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves.
There aint no pancake so thin it doesn't have two sides.
Out of all the things to send into space!
Obviously they will thrive in zero g and, coupled with strange cosmic radiation that they will inveriably encounter, will grow to enourmous size and intelligence and eventually invade the earth!
Couldn't send something cute could they - oh no.
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
I had no idea spiders were so benevolent! I take it they are getting a 5* hotel stay before lift off, for their generous donation of time. This experiment will surely enhance Astrailian-Spider relations.
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The itsy-bitsy spider went up to outer space;
down back to earth, Whoah! It grew a human face!
Out came the media and the experts to explain,
how the itsy-bitsy spider got a such a fucked DNA strain.
This is obviously an attempt to embarrass the Chinese. Look at the timing--they have a big announcement about sending up and recovering an unmanned rocket equipped with life support, but no humans yet. So what does the swaggering west do? "Hey, look, even our spiders can go to space!"
Liberty uber alles.
It could be just as dangerous to send a hampster into space, havn't you seen that ep of Invader Zim?
"Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."