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A Crashed Israeli Lunar Lander Spilled Tardigrades on the Moon

  
Via:  Split Personality  •  5 years ago  •  22 comments


A Crashed Israeli Lunar Lander Spilled Tardigrades on the Moon
In fact, Spivack isn’t even the first to leave DNA on the moon. This honor belongs to the Apollo astronauts, who left nearly 100 bags of human feces on the lunar surface before they returned to Earth.

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It was just before midnight on April 11 and everyone at the Israel Aerospace Industries mission control center in Yehud, Israel, had their eyes fixed on two large projector screens. On the left screen was a stream of data being sent back to Earth by Beresheet, its lunar lander, which was about to become the first private spacecraft to land on the moon . The right screen featured a crude animation of Beresheet firing its engines as it prepared for a soft landing in the Sea of Serenity. But only seconds before the scheduled landing, the numbers on the left screen stopped. Mission control had lost contact with the spacecraft, and it crashed into the moon shortly thereafter.

Half a world away, Nova Spivack watched a livestream of Beresheet’s mission control from a conference room in Los Angeles. As the founder of the Arch Mission Foundation, a nonprofit whose goal is to create “a backup of planet Earth,” Spivack had a lot at stake in the Beresheet mission. The spacecraft was carrying the foundation’s first lunar library, a DVD-sized archive containing 30 million pages of information, human DNA samples, and thousands of tardigrades , those microscopic “water bears” that can survive pretty much any environment— including space .

But when the Israelis confirmed Beresheet had been destroyed, Spivack was faced with a distressing question: Did he just smear the toughest animal in the known universe across the surface of the moon?

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Split Personality
Professor Guide
1  seeder  Split Personality    5 years ago

Nova Spivack is one interesting character.

In this particular bio, it is noted that The Arch Mission Foundation landed their 30million page Lunar Library on the moon,

failing to mention that the Israeli spacecraft crashed on the surface presumably destroying everything except the "DVD".

 
 
 
devangelical
Professor Principal
1.1  devangelical  replied to  Split Personality @1    5 years ago

the before and after "landing" pictures were pretty funny. a link on your link confirms it crash landed and also that nova interned at star trek next generation production in college.

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
2  Trout Giggles    5 years ago

When I saw "tardigrades" I thought you were talking about a Dr Who episode

 
 
 
Split Personality
Professor Guide
2.1  seeder  Split Personality  replied to  Trout Giggles @2    5 years ago

and I had bad flashbacks to this banned fellow.

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Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
2.1.1  Trout Giggles  replied to  Split Personality @2.1    5 years ago

Who?

 
 
 
Freefaller
Professor Quiet
2.1.2  Freefaller  replied to  Split Personality @2.1    5 years ago
I had bad flashbacks to this banned fellow.

Is that what happened to him? I wondered where he disappeared to. Too bad, if nothing else he was entertaining.

To the article I think this is a good accident as we can now say for sure there is life outside of earth (and there're cute little fellers too)

 
 
 
JBB
Professor Principal
2.1.3  JBB  replied to  Trout Giggles @2.1.1    5 years ago

Averosomething? He was obsessed with butt sex and calling gays deviates.

 
 
 
1stwarrior
Professor Participates
2.1.4  1stwarrior  replied to  JBB @2.1.3    5 years ago

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MrFrost
Professor Expert
3  MrFrost    5 years ago
Apollo astronauts, who left nearly 100 bags of human feces on the lunar surface before they returned to Earth.

Crikey, did they eat anything other than beans and apples? Little less fiber on the next trip.

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
3.1  Trout Giggles  replied to  MrFrost @3    5 years ago

I'm bothered by the fact that they left that on the moon. It's bad enough we're trashing our own planet but do we have to trash the moon, too?

 
 
 
Split Personality
Professor Guide
3.1.1  seeder  Split Personality  replied to  Trout Giggles @3.1    5 years ago

Someone made the decision, that they didn't need the extra weight. 

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
3.1.2  Trout Giggles  replied to  Split Personality @3.1.1    5 years ago

Well, ok, I think I see the point. But does it decompose in a near 0 oxygen environment?

 
 
 
Split Personality
Professor Guide
3.1.3  seeder  Split Personality  replied to  Trout Giggles @3.1.2    5 years ago

Nope.  Probably froze within seconds.

Now the American flags are deteriorating from the temperature swings from 260F to minus 280F

so one can assume that eventually the 'bags' will disintegrate and the poop will eventually turn to moon dust.

in a couple of thousand years?

 
 
 
MrFrost
Professor Expert
3.1.4  MrFrost  replied to  Split Personality @3.1.3    5 years ago
Nope.  Probably froze within seconds.

True. And with no atmosphere, it will never decay or be blown away, just like the astronauts footprints..

 
 
 
JBB
Professor Principal
3.1.5  JBB  replied to  MrFrost @3.1.4    5 years ago

I can already see it now. In maybe a thousand years some smartass future moon tourist will step off a lunar lander saying, "One small step for man, one giant leap for...FUUUUCK ME!"

 
 
 
Dismayed Patriot
Professor Quiet
3.1.6  Dismayed Patriot  replied to  MrFrost @3.1.4    5 years ago
True. And with no atmosphere, it will never decay or be blown away, just like the astronauts footprints..

Quick! We can build dozens of coal burning plants up there, before long it'll have its own cloud cover, then we bring in the farting cows and tons of water and algae... of course that might just make the Tardigrades grow to the size of elephants and take over the moon turning it into a humid hostile jungle...

 
 
 
SteevieGee
Professor Silent
3.2  SteevieGee  replied to  MrFrost @3    5 years ago

100 bags seems like a lot for a 3 man 2 week mission.

 
 
 
Split Personality
Professor Guide
3.2.1  seeder  Split Personality  replied to  SteevieGee @3.2    5 years ago

But there were 6 missions

with each mission "dumping" their 3 men poop inventory into the lunar module for "release" onto the moon

followed by whatever poop the 2 man crew generated and left behind.

Leaving at least a few poops apiece brought back to earth for medical study.

Ok, lets do the math...lol

The United States would go on to complete six crewed missions to the moon that landed a total of 12 astronauts (all men) from 1969 to 1972 in a series of Apollo missions numbering up to Apollo 17. The only mission that failed to reach the moon’s surface was Apollo 13 , which suffered a critical power and oxygen failure mid-flight, and was forced to make a heroic emergency reentry.

now we can assume that Apollo 13 brought all of their poop back to earth, right?  Possibly in their suits.

So 76 days in space total, but they only averaged 6 days on the moon often leaving one behind in the command module.

so if he pooped after the lunar lander left with the first "load", he had to bring his poop home

SO lets say 3 guys for the first part of the trip......

oh the hell with it

18 men over a 76 day period ?  Each bag is about the size of a one quart ziplock bag.

They stripped down completely - there was no way to shower or wash clothes - and got as far from their crewmates as possible. (Nowhere near far enough, I'm sure.) Then they stuck a bag which had a ring with glue on it on their butt and did the necessary. Assuming it was firm, they had to then insert their finger into a covered hole to break it off. (No gravity to make it fall.)
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To add insult to injury, they then had to put a certain fluid that killed the bacteria in with the poop, seal the bag, and knead the contents to fully mix that substance into the poop.

During the Apollo missions, weight was critical, so up to 2/3s of the bodily waste was left on the moon for expediency.

Each mission left a single white trash bag behind.

96 bags of urine, feces, and vomit were left by Apollo astronauts on the Moon. But the trash, in this case, is strategic -- the cost of returning to Earth being high, it is the price we pay for discovery.
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Image source: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

 
 
 
MrFrost
Professor Expert
4  MrFrost    5 years ago

Pretty amazing that these things can survive in space which as we all know is a very hostile environment, (stating the obvious, I know).

Humans too, can survive in space...all you need is oxygen and a space heater..

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Sorry SP, couldn't resist. 

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
4.1  Trout Giggles  replied to  MrFrost @4    5 years ago

another giggle and a snort

 
 
 
devangelical
Professor Principal
5  devangelical    5 years ago

unapologetic bump

 
 
 
Split Personality
Professor Guide
5.1  seeder  Split Personality  replied to  devangelical @5    5 years ago

Thanks d.

 
 

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