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Metal eating bugs discovered on space base
« on: April 25, 2012, 10:54:21 PM »
Source Nathan Toohey at 23/04/2012

Micro-organisms capable of eating the International Space Station have been discovered aboard the orbiting space base.
"We have come across this at the Mir station and seen it on the ISS - the microflora having an adverse effect on of the structure of the station. These microbes damage not only metals but also polymers. They can lead to equipment failure," Interfax quoted the Russian Academy of Sciences vice president Anatoly Grigoryev as saying on Monday.

http://themoscownews.com/international/20120423/189656759.html
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Re: Metal eating bugs discovered on space base
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2012, 07:05:48 AM »
I wonder if they took a few cans of bug spray in the maintenance module ??? ??? ???
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Re: Metal eating bugs discovered on space base
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2012, 09:25:43 AM »
I remember this from the MIR program, thought they figured out what to do for it...I guess not after all... :P

 
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Re: Metal eating bugs discovered on space base
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2012, 09:55:48 AM »
We are just now discovering what the writers of Star Trek have known for years...

Nanites are in space:   Now figuring out how to communicate with them will be the next challenge - even harder now that NASA has been put on mothballs...

"Evolution" is the 49th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. The first episode of the third season.

Overview

In this episode, escaped nanites threaten the Federation Starfleet starship USS Enterprise as well as its critical research mission.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)
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Re: Metal eating bugs discovered on space base
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2012, 10:12:36 AM »
Gene Roddenberry was a prophet... ;D
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Re: Metal eating bugs discovered on space base
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2012, 07:58:58 PM »
Quote from: Professor H on April 26, 2012, 09:55:48 AM
We are just now discovering what the writers of Star Trek have known for years...

Nanites are in space:   Now figuring out how to communicate with them will be the next challenge - even harder now that NASA has been put on mothballs...

"Evolution" is the 49th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. The first episode of the third season.

Overview

In this episode, escaped nanites threaten the Federation Starfleet starship USS Enterprise as well as its critical research mission.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)

Are Nanites anything like Langoliers?  :-[
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