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Water Bears' Able To Survive Exposure To Vacuum Of Space
Science Daily ^
| Sep. 9, 2008
Posted on 09/09/2008 1:28:33 PM PDT by Soliton
New research by Ingemar Jönsson and colleagues published in the September 9 issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press journal, shows that some animals —the so-called tardigrades or 'water-bears'— are able to do away with space suits and can survive exposure to open-space vacuum, cold and radiation.
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: crevo; panspermia
Aside from the cool title, it is a very cool discovery.
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posted on
09/09/2008 1:28:33 PM PDT
by
Soliton
To: Soliton
I am reminded of a few Sci-Fi stories now...
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posted on
09/09/2008 1:29:56 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Army Air Corps
I am reminded of a few Sci-Fi stories now...Name a few. I love vintage Sci-fi
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posted on
09/09/2008 1:33:06 PM PDT
by
Soliton
(> 100)
To: Soliton
some animals —the so-called tardigrades But do you have to launch them in the short spaceship?
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posted on
09/09/2008 1:33:06 PM PDT
by
r9etb
To: Soliton
Well, there have been stroies on the Twilight Zone about a critter surviving the vacuum of space and landing on dear ol’ Earth. The Avengers had an episode about a plant from the depths of space controlling people’s minds. Also, there have been stories like this in Omni, Astounding Science Fiction, and others.
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posted on
09/09/2008 1:37:09 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Soliton
"How these animals were capable of reviving their body after receiving a dose of UV radiation of more than 7000 kJm-2 under space vacuum conditions […] remains a mystery."Hey, I was able to watch 20 minutes of "The View" once. Don't ask me how...
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posted on
09/09/2008 1:40:21 PM PDT
by
Flycatcher
(Strong copy for a strong America)
To: Soliton
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posted on
09/09/2008 1:57:41 PM PDT
by
wolfcreek
(I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
To: Army Air Corps
Andromeda Strain was something like this.
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posted on
09/09/2008 1:58:45 PM PDT
by
Soliton
(> 100)
To: r9etb
Ha Ha! That was hysterical — I can barely type for laughing! Thank you, I needed that.
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posted on
09/09/2008 2:04:25 PM PDT
by
Ransomed
(Keep the Faith!)
To: Soliton
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posted on
09/09/2008 2:04:28 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: Soliton
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posted on
09/09/2008 2:26:16 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Follow the dots: Davis, Ayers, Dohrn, Malley, Soros Â… use a RED crayon.)
To: Soliton
They look more like miniature manatees than bears. "Oh, the minuscule manatee!"
They can survive space but can they survive Glowbull Warming?
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posted on
09/09/2008 2:33:54 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Buckhead of the Bikini-clad Barracuda)
To: Soliton
Maybe we can grow one big enough and make a space ship out of it. I have the seat next to the left ventricle nasal follicle. Symbiotics, the wave of the future.
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posted on
09/09/2008 5:25:16 PM PDT
by
Candor7
(Fascism? All it takes is for good men to say nothing, (http://www.theobamafile.com/))
To: Daffynition
Strap a Star drive on that thang!
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posted on
09/09/2008 5:26:28 PM PDT
by
Candor7
(Fascism? All it takes is for good men to say nothing, (http://www.theobamafile.com/))
To: Candor7
Howz ‘bout an Alcubierre drive, then we could have super-luminous, dark-matter fueled, hyperspace tardigrade that morphs the space-time fabric in some ultra-uber-complicated way?
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posted on
09/09/2008 5:53:11 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Follow the dots: Davis, Ayers, Dohrn, Malley, Soros Â… use a RED crayon.)
To: IncPen
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