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Scientists worried by thousands of tardigrades crash-landing on the moon: ‘We have no idea what can happen’
The Beresheet lunar lander mission on April 11 was historic: Funded and deployed by Space IL, it was the first Israeli spacecraft to travel beyond Earth’s orbit and the first private landing on the Moon. Unfortunately for SpaceIL, things didn’t go as planned: Seconds before Beresheet (Hebrew for “beginning”) was supposed to land, it lost contact with the control room. During the braking procedure, the main engine stopped operating. By the time it was brought back online, it was too late for a soft landing and Beresheet crashed onto the surface. On board was a “lunar library” created by the Arch Mission Foundation as kind of time capsule for the combined knowledge of human civilization. The library contained samples of human DNA and 30 million pages of digital and analog data, including a full copy of Wikipedia, an Israeli flag, a Torah and a copy of the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
It also housed thousands of tardigrades—microscopic eight-legged animals also known as “water bears.”
https://unitedhumanists.com/2019/09/...at-can-happen/ |
Apparently we're also launching genetically engineered mice to the ISS today.
"The mice, from the nonprofit Jackson Laboratory in Maine, have genes manipulated to enhance their muscle growth."
https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/05/tech/...scn/index.html