by mk

There's something inherently cool about talking to a computer in space. I'd love to see what they use to communicate with the Voyager spacecraft.

It would be so painful to watch so many years of work burn up:

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/Phobos-Grunt_...

Oh, and on the rotifer theme, there are rotifers aboard Phobos-Grunt!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Interplanetary_Flight_Ex...