NASA to investigate unknown fungus found growing on the space station (This is how it Starts)

Daily Mail ^ | 4-26-2017 | Mark Prigg

[brucedickinson]

NASA is set to use a radical new 'tricorder' DNA sequencer to work out what a mysterious fungus found growing on the International Space Station is.

Astronauts have reported funding the strange microbial growths on walls and surfaces, and it has even clogged waterlines.

Now, two instruments onboard will be used to analyse it in orbit, allowing mission controllers to work out how to deal with it

[brucedickinson]

"'What the coupling of these different devices is doing is allowing us to take the lab to the samples, instead of us having to bring the samples to the lab,' said Aaron Burton, NASA biochemist and Genes in Space-3 co-investigator."

I've seen this 100 times before. No one ever listens to me.

[NorthMountain]

It always ends badly ...

[TexasGator]

Just another government program:

“Astronauts have reported funding the strange microbial growths on walls and surfaces, and it has even clogged waterlines”

[Bob434]

[[Astronauts have reported —funding— the strange microbial growths on walls and surfaces,]]

Oh sure- they can —fund— microbial growth, but not the border wall?

[NorthMountain]

Before there was ISS Fungus, there was Mir Fungus.

[Red Badger]

I’ve seen this movie.
It doesn’t end well.................

[Eddie01]

Ok, who brought the ‘shroom grow kit?

Bob? Sara? Mikal? Well, it wasn’t me.

[Red Badger]

Fun with fungi....................

[ColdOne]

lol!

[Fedora]

[NorthMountain]

‘shrooming on orbit would be spectacularly unwise.

[bar sin·is·ter]

NASA has also reported that an unclaimed tampon has been spotted floating about the ISS...

[NorthMountain]

How did Prince Charles get up there?

[Diana in Wisconsin]

[chajin]

I thought you had to be a fun guy to get on the ISS...

[fulltlt]

Is it the tribble fungus? The trouble with tribbles.

[Telepathic Intruder]

Nuke it from orbit. Only way to be sure.

[Ray76]

Astronauts will be made to decontaminate prior to mission

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1vw7E7uE3E

[NorthMountain]

Tribbles just eat your poisoned grain supply and point out the disguised Klingons. This crap eats the Space Station itself.

[ObozoMustGo2012]

“There’s a fungus among-us...”