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Space science move forward despite the loss of geckos - Russia Beyond the
Headlines

Posted: 19 Oct 2014 01:31 AM PDT
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Space science move forward despite the loss of geckos
Russia Beyond the Headlines
Dormice will be the next to fly into space, according to Vladimir Sychev,
director of the biological program of the Photon-M project. Scientists will
study how the animals hibernate in space. Scientists say that dormice are
perfect for this study ...



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It's Time to Take the Science Out of Space - Huffington Post

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 10:48 AM PDT
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Its Time to Take the Science Out of Space
Huffington Post
Manned flights (and the International Space Station, or ISS) have almost no
scientific value. We should stop wasting our science budgets immediately
and focus on the space science work that really does deliver -- unmanned
satellites and probes. I knew ...