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- bicyclethief, on 11/12/2008, -0/+14The gamma rays will mutate them and they'll come back to kill us.
You heard it here first. - inactive, on 11/12/2008, -1/+12Butterfly in the sky.... I can go twice as high....
- septicmadman, on 11/12/2008, -0/+9Pretty obvious,
so when we encounter a massive intelligent space spider armada we will know what their web should look like. - Tyrghast, on 11/12/2008, -0/+5I can only hope, anything to break free from the mundane 9-5.
- chirt, on 11/11/2008, -0/+5Not really sure why they are doing this, but I can't wait for the results!
- Treshnell, on 11/12/2008, -0/+5Interest and involvement of children in sciences. We've fallen behind the forefront of scientific advances, these sorts of programs that get kids involved and interested will hopefully plant an interest that grows into a profession.
- fluxion, on 11/12/2008, -0/+4NASA actually did a seemingly even less relevant study a while back, drug-induced spider webs:
http://www.trinity.edu/jdunn/spiderdrugs.htm
so this might actually be a natural follow-up. supposedly it was to measure the effects of various stimuli through the outcome of the web. interestingly enough, the lsd webs are almost always better than the control webs - Treshnell, on 11/12/2008, -0/+4Take a look, it's in a book:
- dvsbastard, on 11/12/2008, -0/+3I, for one, welcome our new web spinning spider overlords...
- RainDrizzleFog, on 11/12/2008, -0/+3LeVar Burton, love that guy. Just stop with the reversing the polarity of everything.
- inactive, on 11/12/2008, -0/+3I wish that were true. In reality, they'll probably just get cancer and the marijuana spider will make them a hammock, and they will lay around all day and watch the caffeine spider go.
- inactive, on 11/12/2008, -2/+4This will be useful in determining how much money is wasted sending butterflies and spiders into space
- Treshnell, on 11/12/2008, -0/+2Well with this project, specifically, they can do just that. Ideally, teachers would have the students studying both the space-spiders/butterflies, and the natural, earth-bound versions, and looking for differences.
I think exposing students at a young age, to a wide variety of sciences would be the best way to help those students find something that fascinates them, and encourage them to study it on their own. - septicmadman, on 11/12/2008, -0/+2I understand that and am all for it, but it seems it would be a much better idea to spend that money on something that the kids can actually be involved in a effectuate real results. Most school districts have their children do something involving the local watershed which seems to be a better idea to me. Letting kids go outside and learn does wonders.
- Sterango, on 11/12/2008, -0/+2Excuse me NASA but theres about 10 billion more spiders back here on Earth you forgot to take with you.
- cmp1966, on 11/12/2008, -0/+2I remember reading that germs sent to space come back stronger. Wonder if we're working toward some B-rated movie material sending up the bugs....
- Langford, on 11/12/2008, -0/+1I was a little thrown by the picture, since they said Wannabe Butterflies, but the picture had a Painted Lady in it. I don't think I know what a Wannabe Butterfly looks like, just generic caterpillars I guess. I guess that was the first butterfly-space picture they found.
- Treshnell, on 11/12/2008, -0/+1What I think one of the biggest problems with our education system is that we teach and drill facts into student's heads, instead of teaching them how to learn. We tell them 'why', make them memorize 'why', but they don't often learn to actually ask "Why?"
- noangelcame, on 11/12/2008, -0/+1Moths are sad, because they believe they are ugly,. and they secretly wanna be Butterflies. Loved and Beautiful.
- Langford, on 11/12/2008, -0/+1...and yes, I know, "want-to-be". It's still easy to be thrown when a name and picture don't match.
- MikeFallopian, on 11/12/2008, -0/+1In space, no one can hear you metamorphosize.
- miozio, on 11/12/2008, -0/+1Interesting!! But is this a one-way trip for them?
- inactive, on 11/12/2008, -0/+1I'm sure the results can't wait for you either.
- septicmadman, on 11/12/2008, -0/+1True enough, the biggest problem with science is when it as taught as being purely procedural and answers questions the students already know the answer too. Preaching to the choir assuredly.
- TSK05, on 11/12/2008, -1/+1I, for one, welcome our new spider launching overlords.
- bongosity, on 11/12/2008, -0/+0The second part of the experiment: crushing the hearts of the K-12 graders as the butterflies and spiders are jettisoned into space
- everclear75, on 11/12/2008, -0/+0They did this on Skylab in 1973. I'm just glad information about animal testing in space didn't get out! oops...
Here's a link to this science payload:
http://spaceodyssey.dmns.org/NR/rdonlyres/5134203A ... - inactive, on 11/12/2008, -1/+0China should send those kids into space to spin soccerballs and tennis shoes.
- inactive, on 11/12/2008, -2/+1Then get your ass to Mars
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