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Embrace and Welcome your New Reptile Overlords
Lust in space: Russians lose control of gecko sex satellite
Russian scientists are attempting to re-establish control of a satellite in which a team of geckos may be copulating as part of a study into the effects of weightlessness on lizard mating.
On Thursday, the team behind the research confirmed that the vessel was not responding to commands, potentially leaving the reptiles to their out-of-this-world sexual intercourse while video footage continues to beam down to Earth.
Research satellite Foton-M4 was launched into space on July 19. The geckos are among several species on board — including insects and flora — that are part of a series of biology experiments by Russia’s Institute of Medico-Biological Problems on the effects of weightlessness on mating.
But a glitch has resulted in the scientists losing control of the satellite’s engine, Russian space firm Progress confirmed to the nation’s Interfax news agency on Thursday.
Progress is busily working to re-establish a connection with the operating system — currently on autopilot — before all hope is lost.
The scientists said they are still able to watch video footage of the mating geckos and observe how an absence of gravity affects their sexual behavior.
There was no immediate word from the scientists behind the experiment on Thursday as to whether the geckos had successfully copulated as Foton-M4 hurtled through space.
- ORAZAL0
They're the ones shooting all those planes down.
- sem0
- set0
Planet of the Geckos
- cannonball19780
Greed is good?
- elahon0
"while video footage continues to beam down to Earth."
Brazzers™?
- Projectile0
- they will look like us at firstProjectile
- that does not look like anyone hereCALLES
- LOL!!!Projectile
- sine0
lol. this research experiment exists why?
i dig it...
- CALLES0
so russian basically sent a multi million dollar gecko space cruise fuck party?
- set0
Isn't it obvious why they'd spend millions on something like this?
Putin and co are Reptillians and after they destroy the earth in WW3 they need to know weather they can procreate while floating through space on their way to Rigel 7.
- CALLES0
Bump
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Sex Geckos Sent To Space Are Dead, Frozen And Mummified
Five brave geckos sent to space for zero-gravity sex experiments have died, Russian officials announced.
On Monday, the descent module containing the lusty lizards and other experiments from the Foton-M4 satellite launched in July returned to Earth.
"All geckos, unfortunately, died," the Russian Federal Space Agency said in a statement translated by Google.
“According to the preliminary information, it became clear the geckos froze," an official told Interfax, per a translation in The Guardian. "Most likely, this happened due to a failure of the equipment meant to ensure the temperature of the box with the animals.”
Officials believe the geckos have been dead for at least a week as they were not only frozen but also mummified. On a more positive note, however, fruit flies also engaged in experiments aboard the satellite of love were doing just fine.
"The fruit flies were in a perfect condition: they produced offspring," a source was quoted as saying, according to RT.