“NASA to Start Radiating Monkeys,” noted Chris Baker (of Wired), “The kind of headline that should be followed by ‘NASA to Fire PR Firm.'”
The experiments will bombard squirrel monkeys (like the lil guy above) with radioactivity to explore the possible effects of radiation in space on human astronauts. Warning: eventually, revenge will come. Oh, and then there’s this possibility.
[Photo: “Here’s Looking at You!” by ifijay, via Flickr, CC license here. ]