Skip to comments.
Russians lose track of spaceship full of bonking lizards
Northern Rivers Echo ^
| 7-27-2014
| James Vincent
Posted on 07/26/2014 4:02:18 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
RUSSIAN scientists have lost contact with an experimental satellite filled with geckos that was to be the focus of new research on animal sex in zero-gravity.
The Foton-M4 spacecraft was launched from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome on 19 July and made several orbits of the planet before it stopped responding to commands from Roscosmos, Russia's Federal Space Agency.
"So, there is only one-way communication," a spokesperson for mission control was quoted as saying by news agency ITAR-Tass, adding that engineers were looking to fix the problem in case life systems were disrupted, killing the creatures on board.
The five geckos on the Foton-M4 - four female and one male - were launched into space for a 60-day flight to find out about the effects of weightlessness on the creatures' sex lives.
(Excerpt) Read more at m.echonews.com.au ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: freepun; storkzilla
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-50 next last
To: ErnBatavia
21
posted on
07/26/2014 4:21:01 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Citizen Zed
Boy! What will the aliens glean from that little bit of technology when it floats in to Alpha Centauri, or wherever?
22
posted on
07/26/2014 4:27:05 PM PDT
by
PubliusMM
(RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2016; I pray we make it that long.)
To: Citizen Zed
To: dfwgator; JoeProBono
(If Joe Pro Bono hadn't Opused outta here, he might be having some fun about now.....)
24
posted on
07/26/2014 4:31:21 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign, number sign, or octothorpe. ###)
To: Citizen Zed
RIP, Laika
25
posted on
07/26/2014 4:34:25 PM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: P.O.E.
They have a statue in Laika’s honor.
I’m sure poor little Laika would be thrilled./s
.
26
posted on
07/26/2014 4:37:50 PM PDT
by
Mears
To: Citizen Zed
27
posted on
07/26/2014 4:42:19 PM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
To: mark3681
Post of the day. ( but I’ll pass. Thank you).
28
posted on
07/26/2014 4:45:34 PM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..))
To: HangnJudge
Why would you post an image that’s 2,700px × 1,403px? That’s much larger than most monitor screens.
29
posted on
07/26/2014 4:47:56 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care.)
To: Citizen Zed; Salamander; Tax-chick; All
OH! yeah..skink here!
30
posted on
07/26/2014 4:48:57 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a weapon...0'Bathhouse/"Rustler" Reid? d8-)
To: Citizen Zed
31
posted on
07/26/2014 4:49:56 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a weapon...0'Bathhouse/"Rustler" Reid? d8-)
To: Citizen Zed
If these Geckos had the Geico App, they could phone home.
32
posted on
07/26/2014 4:51:06 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care.)
To: HangnJudge
That’s a pretty damn big picture, care to small it up a bit?
33
posted on
07/26/2014 4:51:27 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(By now, everyone should know that you shoot a zombie in the head. Don't try to reason with them...)
To: skinkinthegrass
34
posted on
07/26/2014 4:51:55 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(No power in the 'verse can stop me.)
To: Citizen Zed
Another scheme to crash Youtube fails...
35
posted on
07/26/2014 4:55:31 PM PDT
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
To: Citizen Zed
Was Flo involved with this? I mean, her being Progressive and all. I think there's a connection to communist geckos.
FMCDH(BITS)
36
posted on
07/26/2014 5:35:53 PM PDT
by
nothingnew
(Hemmer and MacCullum are the worst on FNC)
To: upchuck
I’m an idiot, and didn’t realize how big the picture was when I posted it
To: Mears
ONLY after international outrage.
Such real humanitarian outrage seems unlikely these days.
38
posted on
07/26/2014 7:01:35 PM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: Tax-chick
Yes, I feel sorry for the poor lizards. And you never put 2 male lizards in with each other, they would fight to the death.
39
posted on
07/26/2014 7:22:38 PM PDT
by
EinNYC
To: Citizen Zed
These are the voyages of the spaceship Lizard Love. It’s five year mission.....to get it on in zero gravity......to boldly blow....wait.....that was Monica Lewinsky.
40
posted on
07/26/2014 7:39:27 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-50 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson
