Asri-unix.1082
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utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!C70:sri-unix!REM@MIT-MC
Mon Mar 22 23:11:19 1982
Stowaway and unplanned experiment
Oh my goodness, a fruit fly snuck into the Columbia and has been flying
around in zero-gee since orbit was established. I hope the shuttlenauts
have the presence of mind to take advantage of this serendipitous event,
by carefuly observing the ability of the insect to navigate in zero-gee.
(On a later flight a get-away special is supposed to monitor moths trying
to fly in zero-gee, but now we have a chance to get some preliminary info
earlier, and possibly modify the moth experiment to get more info, like
we modified the Voyager 2 schedule after the unexpected Voyager 1 results.)