Experiments: basic research on living systems, not technology.
Also: water bears, bdelloid rotifers, cryptobiosis
Some tiny animals can dry out or freeze and come back to life after space exposure or thousands of years.
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| Property | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Age of revived rotifer | ~24,000 years | Shmakova 2021 |
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Jönsson and colleagues reported tardigrades surviving exposure to space in low Earth orbit.
As reported in: Jönsson, Rabbow, Schill et al. (2008). Tardigrades survive exposure to space in low Earth orbit. Current Biology. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.06.048
Shmakova and colleagues revived a living bdelloid rotifer from 24,000-year-old Arctic permafrost.
As reported in: Shmakova, Malavin, Iakovenko et al. (2021). A living bdelloid rotifer from 24,000-year-old Arctic permafrost. Current Biology. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.077