NASA Will Launch E. Coli into Space to Study Antibiotic Resistance

Space.com ^ | November 10, 2017 05:43pm ET | Hanneke Weitering,

[BuffaloJack]

Wouldn’t is be a lot cheaper to just ask an astronaut who’s been in space and came back to poop in a jar for these idiots?

[polymuser]

Hope Uranus can avoid it.

[BenLurkin]

It took 22 posts

FReepers are slowing down

[polymuser]

I know, right? I figured the jokes would write themselves...

[Veto!]

Really, I think this is a really good idea EColi is really really cute, and hopefully will mutate by the untold gazillions to fill the night sky with beauty. I understand it has a really nice little song too.....we can look forward to really lovely Music of the Night.

WE'll all die happily singing along. Really. Whatever else could science be for?

[clearcarbon]

"What could possibly go wrong?"

They will mutate in space and return to earth as democrats.

[FamiliarFace]

This is almost exactly what I did in HS for my science fair project, minus the launching into space, back in 1977-78. They could’ve done this so long ago. I guess it wasn’t important. I won $100 for my project though. It was Big Money at the time.