Scientists Find Traces of Sea Plankton On ISS Surface

schwit1 sends this report from the ITAR-TASS News Agency: An experiment of taking samples from illuminators and the ISS surface has brought unique results, as scientists had found traces of sea plankton there, the chief of an orbital mission on Russia's ISS segment told reporters. Results of the scope of scientific experiments which had been conducted for a quite long time were summed up in the previous year, confirming that some organisms can live on the surface of the International Space Station for years amid factors of a space flight, such as zero gravity, temperature conditions and hard cosmic radiation. Several surveys proved that these organisms can even develop. He noted that it was not quite clear how these microscopic particles could have appeared on the surface of the space station.

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It came from Bikini Bottom

[Anonymous Coward]

Krabs must have caught him trying to steal the Krabby Patty formula again.

Re:But is it really plankton?

[frovingslosh]

Of course it is really plankton. The real issue is is it Sea Plankton as claimed. Or are our oceans full of Space Plankton?

What's next... Celestial whales

[Zondar]

licking the hull of the ISS for nutrition?

Re:This actually makes perfect sense.

[evilviper]

If that's true, plankton might be found all over the solar system.

"My God! It's full of plankton!"

They may be the "dark matter" we've been searching for.