I’m not sure if this will make it to NPR’s Science Friday (yes, I’m a nerd). But this is just too cool to pass up: Scientists at the Institute of Aerospace Medicine decided to see whether water bears (tardigrades), one of the world’s smallest & most common animals (at a millimeter these invertebrates have claws & teeth) could survive the vacuum of space. They did. Read about it in Wired (“Invertebrate Astronauts Make Space History”).
K8 is still not sure about the idea of Javi being on the first team of humans to set foot on Mars. I’m already thinking about what kind of condo to buy on the Moon. At least we agree that he should wear space-themed pajamas.
