Rats are ready to fly to Mars

Scientists will send to the ISS this year, an unusual group of rodents that the station will have to live for a long time. With them apparatus the space Dragon company SpaceX will deliver equipment for the residence of rats, which have been previously in space. However, their stay was short-lived. Now, to spend in space rats will have not one week, not two. "Rat" the mission will last thirty to ninety days.

"Logically, it would have been in an experiment of mice whose weight is less, and food for them takes a bit. However, scientists chose rats, because it turns out, they have neurocognitive functioning has much in common with a human." — Julie Robinson (Julie Robinson), head of the scientific work on the ISS.

Still no timetable send rats to the station and return to our planet. Spacecraft Dragon, which was responsible for this unusual mission, usually, transporting cargo to the space station, returns to Earth load, provodnitsas in the ocean. There for a while he's waiting for will arrive the crew and equipment to transport it to the port. However, this option is the command of rodents may not be appropriate.



 

Source: planetologia.ru/