REAL LIFE NEWS: RUBBER CHICKENS... IN... SPAAAAACE!by HazedA rubber chicken called Camilla has ventured into space, reaching heights of 120,000 feet. One giant leap for chickenkind, surely! Camilla was helped on her way by students from Bishop Union High School in California. The Earth to Sky student group launched the rubber chicken using helium balloons. They equipped her with sensors to measure radiation as part of an astrobiology project, and sent her aloft during an intense solar radiation storm. Camilla actually went up twice. The first time was before the storm, on March 3, so the students could take “normal” readings. She then went up again on March 10, during the storm. The group worked with NASA on the project, and here’s the report on the mission:
The sensors which adorned Camilla’s spacesuit were the same radiation badges worn by medical technicians and nuclear workers to assess damage. After her flight, they were sent to a lab for analysis. Source: http://www.care2.com/causes/students-send-rubber-chicken-on-a-space-mission-video.html |
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