China to send pig sperm to space

[emad]

China is planning to study the effects of outer space on sperm by sending the semen from pedigree pigs into orbit.

Some 40 grams of pig sperm will be taken on board the Shenzhou VI spacecraft for its October launch.

Some of the sperm will be kept outside the spacecraft's biological capsule and some inside, according to China's Xinhua news agency.

Surviving sperm will be returned to earth and used to compare the effect of microgravity on the semen.

The pigs chosen are a breed called Rongchang, named after an area in the southwest of the country and famed for their physique and for the quality of their meat.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4690651.stm

[david_vincent]

1. Great idea for Schwarzenegger's next flic! n/t

[short bus president]

2. China's sending Ken Mehlman to space???

:P

[insane_cratic_gal]

3. Pigs in spaaaaaaaaace

you do all remember the muppets don't ya? I just dated myself didn't I.

lol

Where are the right to life people!.. I guess it only matters if it's an ovum.

:sarcasm:

On serious note what a completely bizarre story. I guess we are starting to test them limits of our next invasion. Space.

[libnnc]

6. Somewhere in a galaxy far, far away...

[Lochloosa]

4. Damn Gannon gets around....

[emad]

5. or is that 'gammon' - a side of pig...

?

[bcbarrett]

7. So many jokes.. So little time...

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!:rofl:

[rustydog]

8. How did they get W's sample?

[uppityperson]

9. just found this article and wanted to post it, you beat me to it.

I had to click on it just for the headline.

[greymattermom]

10. Kansas already did it

http://www.kumc.edu/Pulse/resources/shuttle/tash.html

[beam me up scottie]

11. OMG ! You're right! And what does Homer Simpson have to do with it ?

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The Simpsons Connection

So what's Homer Simpson have to do with this? Well, since you asked...

Homer Simpson, the patriarch of the popular television show, is featured on a patch inspired by Tash's experiments. It came about through a family connection to Matt Groening, the Simpsons' creator.



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:rofl:

[Orsino]

12. We cannot wait for the smoking gun...

...to come in a white-hot jet of boar semen.

Invade China now!