NASA Sent Two Frogs to Space in 1970
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Channel: Concerning Reality · 2018 · Education
SUPPORT CR on PATREON: http://bit.ly/2qBHcvf Read my article! https://interestingengineering.com/science/nasa-once-sent-2-bullfrogs-to-space-for-science On November 9th, 1970, NASA did something they had never done before. Packed away in a tiny little satellite sat two bullfrogs, unaware of the one-way journey they were about to take. A team of researchers at NASA launched these two frogs along with a variety of technical sensors into space to study the effects of gravity. For 6 days, the frogs orbited the Earth being monitored by scientists back on the ground. This absurd sounding experiment was first contrived in 1965 by Dr. Torquato Gualtierotti, a scientist assigned to the Ames Research Center. He and others on his team wanted to understand how frog's inner ear balance mechanism, called an Otolith, would function in microgravity. It was believed that understanding this would allow us greater comprehension of how the human body is effected in similar situations. All images and footage courtesy of the Creative Commons or used in accordance with Fair Use Laws. Music: Dark Fog by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300031 Artist: http://incompetech.com/
