Word: chicken
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...project is being paid for by Kentucky Fried Chicken, which is interested in anything that relates to its product. Says Vellinger: "If space chickens turn out to be better than earth chickens, Kentucky Fried Chicken might be interested in raising chickens in a weightless environment." In other words, the colonel wants to see if space chickens have the right stuff...
...crews have been dining on food products made on earth. Now the agency, interested in the nourishment of future space colonists, plans to grow food in flight. Along with a six-member crew, the space shuttle Challenger, due to take off on Jan. 22, will have on board 32 chicken eggs...
...experiment was proposed by Purdue University Sophomore John Vellinger, a winner of NASA's 1983 national space competition. He hypothesized that an embryo would develop better in space than on earth because it would not be influenced by gravity. Chicken eggs were chosen because the incubation period is just 21 days. The eggs will remain in a container in the shuttle for six days and then hatch within 13 days after touchdown...
...second daughter, Celeste, was due in March 1980. It seemed time to take stock. "Why Atlanta?" asked Michael. They had two years' running money, they figured. "We are very simple livers," Elizabeth reckoned. "I can make do with a cabbage, a chicken, some leeks. We could live on very little. I mean, I don't use makeup. We don't do drugs...
Some of their traditions, like tying a chicken to the Crimson net after the second period, are fairly harmless, as long as you don't consider the poor bird's feelings...