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Put Cockroaches On Mars

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They say cockroaches can live through anything including a nuclear war.

Just for the heck of it, next time we send a spacecraft to Mars, we should release a few cockroaches. We can even put little cameras on their backs and they are sure to be more mobile than that pesky Mars rover.

MattG, Nov 30 2007

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Without people to keep them warm and feed them they can only live in temperate climates. I don't think Mars qualifies at this point. But once we establish a mission there the cockroaches will be sure to follow.

Pilsner, Nov 30 2007

WHY NOT GIVE A HIV POSITIVE GUY A FREE TICKET TO MARS?HE MAY GET HIMSELF CURED OF AIDS.

pepindia007, Dec 01 2007

Why not give a guy who has no capability to use upper and lower case a trip to Mars with a few cockroaches in his underwear to spur him into activity? If one of the cockroaches is named Archie he will at least have a companion in exclusive use of upper case.

sand, Dec 01 2007

i dont think they could live without oxygen, and it would suck to ruin our potential new world..with our old worlds worst pest....but hey...biological machinery is the holy grail of science....and this idea is a glance in the right direction....thumbs up...

npbreakthrough, May 20 2008

top idea. put say 1000 cockroaches there and a 2kg bag of sugar and if they can survive then they reproduce and could eat the dead cockroaches.

steveo, Jun 11 2008

HAHAHAHAHA This made me laugh. It's worth a try! I say kudos!

CrystalMarie922, Aug 14 2008

Okay, someone has to say it. They would all die in less than a minute due to suffocation. Period.

Dwane Anderson, Sep 01 2008