Remember that lizard sex satellite? Its back: Gecko sex satellite back online as Russia restores con - Polidicks

[IMG]http://rt.com/files/news/2a/ef/80/00/screen_shot_2014-07-26_at_20.15.29.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://rt.com/files/news/2a/ef/80/00/screen_shot_2014-07-26_at_20.21.17.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/GK04-640x426.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE]Good news, everyone: according to a statement from the Russian space agency Roscosmos, positive control has been reestablished over the agency’s orbiting Foton-M4 satellite. Launched a week ago, Foton-M4 carries a primarily biological payload made up of geckos, flies, plant seeds, and various microorganisms. The satellite made headlines late last week when just a few days after launch, ground control [URL="http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/07/outlook-grim-for-orbiting-russian-zero-g-sex-geckos-2/"]lost communication with the satellite[/URL] and could no longer send it commands. As of Saturday night, the crisis appears to be over, and Roscosmos can once again talk to Foton-M4. "The link is established, the prescribed commands have been conducted in accordance with the plan," [URL="http://www.roscosmos.ru/20803/"]confirmed[/URL]Roscosmos' chief official Oleg Nikolayevich Ostapenko. According to [URL="http://rt.com/news/175864-foton-roscosmos-gecko-sex/"]an additional quote[/URL] from Ostapenko on RT.com, Roscosmos is sure that "90 percent" of the satellite’s experiments are still viable. That 90 percent includes Foton-M4's most famous residents: the zero-g sex geckos. The satellite’s five-gecko crew—four females and one male—were sent aloft by Russian scientists in order to study the effects of microgravity on sex and reproduction. Scientists planned to monitor the festivities on video and then perform additional experiments when the satellite returned to Earth at the conclusion of its two-month mission. Without ground control, Foton-M4 would remain in its 357-mile orbit for about four months—two months longer than the provisions for its biological payload would last. Geckos are opportunistic cannibals, so the bunch might be able to stretch their food supply out, but water and air would be more pressing problems. Ultimately, the uncontrolled atmospheric reentry would destroy the spacecraft and its cargo regardless of whether or not the geckos survived the extra months in space. Now that the spacecraft is functioning normally, the scientists on lizard duty will be able to resume their experiments. While they do so, other Roscosmos personnel will try to figure out what caused the communication problem in the first place. According to RT.com and [URL="http://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/russia-regains-control-gecko-zero-g-sex-satellite-n165861"]NBC News[/URL], it’s possible that the satellite was struck by some manner of orbital debris.[/QUOTE] [url]http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/07/all-systems-go-as-control-restored-to-beleagured-sex-gecko-satellite/[/url]

Dammit, so I guess we're out a Planet of the Geckos. Time to think of another B-movie plot.

[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;45525135]Dammit, so I guess we're out a Planet of the Geckos. Time to think of another B-movie plot.[/QUOTE] Gecko Gravity, given what they think happened?

Roscosmos is a very spacey russian name

[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;45525135]Dammit, so I guess we're out a Planet of the Geckos. Time to think of another B-movie plot.[/QUOTE] Planet of the Ducks.?

Rrerr~

Y'know, once the gecko sex data has been studied, maybe Germany or Sweden can send up two trained astronauts to take the experiment one step further. Though maybe they'll need a designated easy-clean module sent up for this particular venture, with cameras everywhere and some tables with straps.

[QUOTE=Map in a box;45525853]Roscosmos is a very spacey russian name[/QUOTE] Because it's literally the equivalent of the US calling NASA "Amerispace"

[quote]The satellite’s five-gecko crew—[B]four females and one male[/B]—were sent aloft by Russian scientists in order to study the effects of microgravity on sex and reproduction.[/quote] That male gecko is living the fucking dream.

[QUOTE=ironman17;45526520]Y'know, once the gecko sex data has been studied, maybe Germany or Sweden can send up two trained astronauts to take the experiment one step further. Though maybe they'll need a designated easy-clean module sent up for this particular venture, with cameras everywhere and some tables with straps.[/QUOTE] sounds kinky

Well it's for testing different positions that are more difficult to assume in microgravity, since it'd be tricky to thrust without one of the two test subjects being secured, and avoids the risk of them floating into walls and accidentally banging their heads. In theory sex would be easier with restraints in microgravity, since there's not enough gravity to keep them on the floor/bed/kitchen counter, and without being secured the test subjects would need to hold on eachother to avoid floating off.

[QUOTE=ironman17;45527670]Well it's for testing different positions that are more difficult to assume in microgravity, since it'd be tricky to thrust without one of the two test subjects being secured, and avoids the risk of them floating into walls and accidentally banging their heads. In theory sex would be easier with restraints in microgravity, since there's not enough gravity to keep them on the floor/bed/kitchen counter, and without being secured the test subjects would need to hold on eachother to avoid floating off.[/QUOTE] Guess you could say you would be Humping like there's no tomorrow (there isn't, technically) Literally making the roof come down And sending you both into another plane of existence

[QUOTE=Elecbullet;45527411]That male gecko is living the fucking dream.[/QUOTE] Unless he's gay

[QUOTE=MendozaMan;45527806]Guess you could say you would be Humping like there's no tomorrow (there isn't, technically) Literally making the roof come down And sending you both into another plane of existence[/QUOTE] None of that Slaaneshi nonsense here, sunshine. This is an endeavour of Science!, not eldritch mathemancy.

[QUOTE=A_Pigeon;45527845]Unless he's gay[/QUOTE] Humm... The sex of a newborn gecko is determined by the temperature at which the egg was incubated. Hot temperatures yield males, cool temperatures yield females. A nest incubated at a certain temperature would yield mostly babies of the expected sex, but sometimes may include one or two geckos of the opposing gender, with... atypical behavioral characteristics... It would indeed be unfortunate if our male gecko was indeed one of these "cool males".

That truly is the satellite of love.

[QUOTE=Omali;45530957]That truly is the satellite of love.[/QUOTE] Gecko Sex Theater 3000