         Comments     Threshold   RE: cockroaches? By spluurfg
on 7/1/2007 3:21:37 AM , Rating: 2 Agreed. I don't see why the
original poster thinks it's such a bad idea. Sending cockroaches
up there is practical. If they die, then we know we can't send
humans because cockroaches are so extremely hardy. If they
survive, we can upgrade to a mouse, then a dog, then a chimp,
etc. (The Russians skipped straight to the dog...)  Maybe the OP
would have preferred they don't send the cockroaches and get no
value from that possible experiment.