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THE PROJECT'S ALL ABOUT TRYING
TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE EFFECTS

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OF MICROGRAVITY IS IMPACTING,
HOW BENEFICIAL MICROBES AND

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ANIMALS TALK TO EACH OTHER.

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WE'RE SENDING THESE TINY SQUID
INTO SPACE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE

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BACTERIA ARE ACTUALLY COLONIZING
AND INITIATING A CONVERSATION

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AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL.

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WHEN THEY'RE BORN, THEY'RE
BORN WITHOUT BACTERIA.

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AND SO WHEN THEY FLEW BEFORE WE
LEARNED THAT EVEN IN MICROGRAVITY,

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YOU CAN HAVE YOUR PROPER SYMBIOTES,
YOUR BENEFICIAL MICROBES FIND

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WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GO.

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WE'RE GOING AGAIN, AND LOOKING
AT A LITTLE BIT MORE DEEPER

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QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ACTUAL
PROCESSES, THE FUNDAMENTAL

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PROCESSES OF HOW THE BACTERIA
ARE STARTING A CONVERSATION

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WITH THE ANIMAL TISSUES.

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SO WE'RE BUILDING ON THOSE PREVIOUS
EXPERIMENTS FROM 10 YEARS AGO.

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THE RAMSAT IS A CUBESAT SENT
UP BY ROBERTSVILLE MIDDLE

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SCHOOL IN OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE.

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THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST
SATELLITES EVER TO BE SENT

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UP BY A PUBLIC MIDDLE SCHOOL.

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SO THE MISSION OF OUR SATELLITE
IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT

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THE REGROWTH OF WILDFIRES
IN GATLINBURG IN CALIFORNIA.

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SO WE CREATED THIS SATELLITE,
UH, WITH SCIENTISTS

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FROM OUR NATIONAL LAB.

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IN THIS CLIP YOU CAN SEE WE'RE
PUTTING THE SOLAR PANELS ON AND

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THIS SPECIFICALLY IS WHERE WE'RE
SOLDERING THE WIRES TOGETHER.

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SO ALONG WITH OUR MISSION
OF TRACKING THE FOREST FIRE

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REGROWN, WE ALSO HOPE TO BUILD
CURRICULUM FOR OTHER MIDDLE

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SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS AROUND THE
GLOBE TO CREATE SATELLITES AND

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BECOME MORE INVESTED IN SPACE
LIKE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE.

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OUR PROJECT IS LOOKING AT HOW THESE
TINY LITTLE MICROSCOPIC ANIMALS

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CALLED WATER BEARS OR TARDIGRADES
ARE ABLE TO COPE WITH THE STRESSES

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OF LONG-TERM SPACE FLIGHT.

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AND WE'RE USING THESE ANIMALS
BECAUSE THEY'RE SOME OF THE

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TOUGHEST ANIMALS THAT WE KNOW OF.

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THEY CAN SURVIVE BEING DRIED
OUT, FROZEN, HEATED UP PAST

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THE BOILING POINT OF WATER.

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THEY CAN SURVIVE THOUSANDS OF TIMES
AS MUCH RADIATION AS YOU OR I CAN.

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AND THEY CAN SURVIVE SPACE
FLIGHT AND EVEN EXPOSURE TO

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THE VACUUM OF OUTER SPACE.

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THE SORT OF TWO MAIN
STRESSORS, UM, DURING SPACE

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FLIGHT ARE MICROGRAVITY
AND INCREASED RADIATION.

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SO WE'LL BE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT
GENES, WHAT PARTS OF THE ANIMALS,

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DNA THEY'RE TURNING ON AND OFF.

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AND SO BY UNDERSTANDING HOW THESE
REALLY TOUGH LITTLE TARDIGRADES

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ARE ABLE TO SURVIVE IN THOSE
CONDITIONS, WE'RE HOPING TO BE