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Of Mice and Men

You missed a good chance for a Subject there :-)

No, it's not an ISS project. It will take too long to space qualify and ISS-proof the experiment (don't want mouse droppings in the air vents). Instead, it'll fly on an expendable rocket and orbit for about 3 months then be retrieved. It's one of these hybrid missions with a lot of influence from TPS/TMS, but one that is eminently sensible and long overdue.

The usual funding problems, of course...

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