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Blogging a Ride on the 'Vomit Comet'

Posted by simoniker on from the what-goes-up dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Four Duke engineering students have launched a weblog to document their preparations and impending ride on NASA's 'vomit comet.' The students will study the effects of microgravity on the shapes of cells and the positions of their organelles, such as the nucleus. The schedule is subject to change, but the students expect to take their 12,000 foot plunges Monday in NASA's KC-135A. They plan to provide photos and video."

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  1. SOMEBODY MOD THIS MOTHERFUCKER UP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. Another good place to read? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I know this is offtopic, but hopefully someone will read it.

    I need another place like Slashdot to read good tech/sci-fi/etc. articles. I've got a Slashdot user id in the low 5 digits and have been reading their stuff for many years now.

    However, lately the quality of posts, has, well, begun to suck badly with more "FUNNY" mods than anything I suppose.

    Anyway, if you know of good alternate sites, please just post them below here. I'd appreciate it.

    -- Early Slashdotter

  3. Re:Organelles? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    For it to be a quip, it actually has to have an element of humour in it. How is complaining about the choice of words a quip? It isn't. Stop trying to cover your ass.