Tiny Worms Survive Shuttle Crash

John H. Doe writes "According to CNet, tiny worms kept in special aluminum canisters aboard the space shuttle Columbia (which broke apart in the atmosphere back in Feb. 1, 2003) survived their fall to earth. The small (about 1mm long) soil roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans was found alive in four or five of the recovered canisters, after an impact 2,295 times the force of Earth's gravity."

sooo

[Anonymous Coward]

now your saying we're descendent from a bunch of half-inch alien worms? scuttlemonkey i hate you

Tiny Worms Survive Shuttle Crash!

[cffrost]

*Whew!* What a relief!

That mission wasn't such a disaster afterall!

Four or five?

[Pretor]

Is it to much to ask of our researchers that they manage to count to at least 5?

When they found the canisters did they count like a child? What comes first? One. And then? Two. And then? Three. And then? Four or five, I'm not sure.

Re:Whuh?

[baadger]

Maybe they could evolve on the rock they hit us with...i mean that hit's us?

I for one welcome our new rock steering wormy overlords.

Re:Four or five?

[thegarbageman]

Wouldn't they be both alive *and* dead? Schroedinger's Worm?

Wait a minute

[HeWhoRoams]

Last time I played Worms World party my worms died after falling about 3 inches! You're telling me these worms survived a fall from space? Now thats a cheat code.
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