AUDIO: WE CAN HAVE BABIES ON MARS
Here’s good news: we can boink on Mars. There is now scientific proof that humans can reproduce on Mars because sperm survives in space. Freeze-dried mouse sperm stored on board the International Space Station for almost six years did not undergo any DNA damage and continued to produce healthy space mice. Researchers freeze-dried sperm samples from 12 mice and sealed them within small, lightweight capsules, which they transported to the ISS by rocket, without the need for a freezer. The scientists periodically tested small portions of the sample, returning some to Earth after 9 months and leaving two other batches aboard the ISS, one for 3 years and another for 10 years. When the researchers tested the samples for radiation they found no DNA damage to the freeze-dried sperm.
* “Mouse sperm.” Right.
* You think all those guys up there for months and months are just doing science experiments?
* So we can now trash up another planet with used diapers.
* Wait – babies on Mars? I thought we needed extra room for people on earth – not a place to make MORE of us.
* That first space baby better be named Marvin – Marvin the Martian.
CLIP: A bit of Marvin the Martian.
