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Hamster survives space trip....

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By *irtydevil666 OP   Man
over a year ago

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The rodent successfully returned to Earth after being launched into the stratosphere on a flying balloon.

The flying hamster reached a maximum altitude of 14 miles and is in good health after being recovered from the sea off Japan's Miyako Island.

The experiment was conducted by the company Iwatani Giken and saw the animal placed in an airtight cabin with the same atmospheric pressure and temperature as the ground.

A photograph showed the hamster looking out of the window seven miles above the Earth.

The balloon was launched from the city of Miyakojima and climbed at an average of 6.3 metres per second.

Iwatani Giken is hoping to bring space travel to the masses and the experiment was designed to give confidence to would-be space travellers.

Further flight tests to an altitude of 15 miles are planned, a height that would allow people to see the curvature of the Earth.

Hamsters 1 Gerbils 0.....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Gerry would not be happy.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Huh. Nibble the Hamster did that in the Simpsons back in Season 13!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The rodent successfully returned to Earth after being launched into the stratosphere on a flying balloon.

The flying hamster reached a maximum altitude of 14 miles and is in good health after being recovered from the sea off Japan's Miyako Island.

The experiment was conducted by the company Iwatani Giken and saw the animal placed in an airtight cabin with the same atmospheric pressure and temperature as the ground.

A photograph showed the hamster looking out of the window seven miles above the Earth.

The balloon was launched from the city of Miyakojima and climbed at an average of 6.3 metres per second.

Iwatani Giken is hoping to bring space travel to the masses and the experiment was designed to give confidence to would-be space travellers.

Further flight tests to an altitude of 15 miles are planned, a height that would allow people to see the curvature of the Earth.

Hamsters 1 Gerbils 0..... "

The curvature of the earth? But it's flat.

Mr

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By *harpDressed ManMan
over a year ago

Here occasionally, but mostly somewhere else


"The experiment was designed to give confidence to would-be space travellers.

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I don't know about the rest of you, but this doesn't really enhance my confidence in space travel. I have different expectations of travel to a hamster, and probably wouldn't appreciate bobbing around at sea afterwards.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not an x hamster then?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wow bet he had a wheely good time.

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By *harpDressed ManMan
over a year ago

Here occasionally, but mostly somewhere else


"Wow bet he had a wheely good time."

He appears to slept through a lot of it.

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