You may have missed the short article by Andrew Roth in the NYT the other day regarding five geckos launched into space by Russia for an experiment on sexual reproduction in near-zero gravity. Unfortunately, they were all found dead when their spacecraft returned to earth. It was not clear whether their demise was caused by their activity on board or a failure of life-support systems. In any event it is hoped that they had their travel insurance with that Geico Gecko. Curiously, a colony of fruit flies aboard the spacecraft survived the flight. Those hardy folks! I'm sure this wasn't lost on NASA.
tjs
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