This zinnia flower was not selected for his beauty (although it is super cute!), but because it can help scientists understand how plants flower and grow in microgravity.
“It is a more difficult plant to grow, and allowing it to flower, along with the longer growth duration, makes it a good precursor to a tomato plant” said Trent Smith, Veggie project manager at NASA.
NASA Boeing 747 with Space Shuttle Endeavour on her back
The mid-air mating of a space shuttle with a 747.
Though their offspring will be sterile like a mule, Space Shuttles and 747s are close enough genetically to reproduce together, leading some scientists to believe they have a very recent common ancestor, possibly the Bell X-1.
Rudimentary social characteristics in both Shuttle and 747 groupings however make the mating a sort of taboo. If caught, the shuttle will face ostracization from its herd. The 747 my actually be dismantled by others of its kind. And the offspring not only faces social isolation, but runs a high risk of deformity:
Of course these risks are nothing compared to the recorded instance of a biplane mating with a tank:
That’s an Antonov A-40 Krylya Tanka btw and it’s real.
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These lockets are anatomically correct. The locket is held shut by the trunk of the aorta, which acts as a snap. The chain attaches to the pendant through the superior vena cava and left pulmonary vein, causing the heart to hang slightly anterioinferiorly, just like our hearts!
[Voyager has the absolute most beautiful engine room. It rocks.]
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#Star Trek #Voyager #yes this #I grew up with Voyager #and was surprised and disappointed when I watched other Star Treks and found that none of them had engine rooms *nearly* as pretty
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