NASA TO STUDY SPACE HERPES

NASA is spending $80,000 to see what effects space flight has on herpes. “The goal of this study will be to determine the changes in the genomic and mutational diversity that is present in the Herpesvirus virome present in astronaut saliva and urine samples collected before, during, and after space flight,” according to NASA’s description of the research. The study will involve “deep sequence analysis” of various strains of the herpes virus, including oral herpes, which has been shown to regenerate in space conditions.
* I can’t believe it costs $80,000 to send Lindsay Lohan into space.
* Seriously, the lucky astronaut will be Mission Specialist Stanley “Red Spots” McGillicutty.
* “Houston, we have a cold sore.”
* Spaces herpes. I don’t like the sound of that.
* Does this mean we’re having sex with space aliens?
* If this works, they’re going to send up a crew with gonorrhea.
* Here’s a wacky idea: What if we only let HEALTHY people be astronauts?
* “Deep sequence analysis”? That sounds like one of my college term papers.
* I think these scientists need analysis.
* How are we going to get to Mars if we’re wasting time on stuff like this?
* This is why we need Trump. To put the kibosh on crap like this.