I had to check the date to make sure this wasn't some sort of late April Fool gag, but it seems to be real. Of course Shaun is having great fun with it saying: "Planet of the apes? Or a new job for Bush at the end of his current term? " All joking aside, the Russian space agency is taking a brilliant step backwards and plans to test monkeys for effects of extended space trips like those to Mars and even stranger, plans to send monkeys to Mars on future tests. The Sochi Institute of Medical Primatology reportedly said "People and monkeys have approximately identical sensitivity to small and large radiation doses," explains the institute's director, Boris Lapin. "So it is better to experiment on the macaques, but not on dogs or other animals."
This has got to go into the WTF department. If for no other reason than they state that a Mars mission is at least 10 years away. So excuse me? What can they really learn that technology can not address 10 years from now? In the past...yes, totally unknown arena but there is nothing new here but the destination. This has Bogus science and BS all over it!
But if you think I am joking, click the article title to go to the complete BBC News story
This has got to go into the WTF department. If for no other reason than they state that a Mars mission is at least 10 years away. So excuse me? What can they really learn that technology can not address 10 years from now? In the past...yes, totally unknown arena but there is nothing new here but the destination. This has Bogus science and BS all over it!
But if you think I am joking, click the article title to go to the complete BBC News story
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