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...catalogue, chip and even burn them. Particles of the samples will be tested on living cells, including those taken from fish and from a human cancer. Other particles will be fed to a variety of earth life, such as Japanese quail, algae, sunflowers, pine seedlings, oysters, white mice and cockroaches???the last chosen because they are one of the hardiest insects known to man, having survived as a distinct genus for millions of years. All the organisms involved were painstakingly bred and raised in germ-free conditions. The mice, for example, were born by caesarean section in sterile surgery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MOON: SECRETS TO BE FOUND | 7/18/1969 | See Source »

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