A couple of hockey pucks

neufer · Post by **neufer** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 3:45 am

http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00002977/ wrote:
Follow the Water passengers: Boo Boo & Yogi Bear
LIFE passenger: Water Bear
The Planetary Society Blog
By Emily Lakdawalla Mar. 25, 2011
Phobos LIFE gets a ride on Endeavour as Shuttle LIFE!

<<The Planetary Society is contributing this thing called the Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment (LIFE) to Russia's Phobos sample return mission -- it's basically a sealed puck with dormant microbes inside that'll fly to Mars and back in the return capsule, and biologists will take a look to see what damage the little bugs suffered during their space journey. In a Catch-22 that is central to the problem of getting new tech into space, it's easier to launch stuff to space if it's already been launched to space before. The Society now has the opportunity to fly LIFE to space before it gets put on Phobos-Grunt by flying it on -- amazingly (to me anyway) -- one of the final Shuttle flights, Endeavour's upcoming launch.>>

orin stepanek · Post by **orin stepanek** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 2:49 pm

Well: I guess it's better than using dogs or chimps.

I think a microbe has a good chance of survival.

neufer · Post by **neufer** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 5:50 pm

orin stepanek wrote:
Well: I guess it's better than using dogs or chimps.
I think a microbe has a good chance of survival.

It's just an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a Bill.

Phobos: The personification of Horror in Greek mythology.
Grunt: Slang for an US Army infantryman

orin stepanek · Post by **orin stepanek** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 7:06 pm

Cool video Art! Very interesting project! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drUjBM2Gb2Y

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