It sounds like something out of a crappy science-fiction flick, but Zurab Mikvabia, director of the Institute of Experimental Pathology and Therapy in Georgia, hopes to send a monkey to Mars. In collaboration with Russia’s Cosmonautics Academy, the Institute plans to prepare monkeys for a mission simulation that could result in putting a primate on the Red Planet. A robot will be in charge of the monkey’s well-being. Yes, that’s right. A robot. As the Telegraph reports:
“Mr Mikvabia said: ‘The robot will feed the monkey, will clean up after it. Our task will be to teach the monkey to co-operate with the robot.’”
[Via: The Telegraph]
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