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NoMoreNicksLeft
Punchline to bad Leno joke, the beginning of the end of the dominance of the human species... time will tell.
jeffcox
As far as science fiction villains go space faring lizards descended from a failed science experiment rank pretty high.
IgorPartola
I think this might be an R rated Pixar movie.
klearvue
Did anyone else have to re-read the title a few times?
ctdonath
Yup. I'm done. If that's a hint of what's coming today (and I haven't even started my coffee) best if I just go home.
ch4s3
Just wait for the Jim Morrison Lizard King jokes to roll in...
negamax
Our backup plan to restore life on Earth after a catastrophe?
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Sanddancer
Well, the hairless monkeys running around right now don't seem to be doing a good job of things, maybe it is time to try something new.
Aardwolf
Will the data that it sends still be useful? How much science is jeopardized by not being able to send commands to it?
Sanddancer
At the moment, it's working as its own enclosed terrarium, and sending back science, etc. It's unclear if they're getting the video feeds from inside the cabin still, but probably the biggest bit of science being jeopardized here is the microgravity experiments into semiconductor production. There's another article with more info on the science package here : http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1407/24fotonm4/
GrinningFool
Come on. Who can't see how this one will end?

Way to go Russia. Thanks for killing off the human species.

jonnathanson
Note that this is the "lizard sex" satellite, not the "lizards being exposed to experimental forms of gamma radiation" satellite. As far as we know, Russia still has that one safely under control.

For now...

Rooster61
Well I for one welcome our future space gecko overlords.
benihana
For when the mods inevitably change the original headline (I'm assuming because it's good and entertaining and people like it):

>Lizard sex satellite floating in space and Russia no longer controls it

smorrow
Why would a native English speaker write "60 days mission"? Hypercorrection. which is a form of incorrection.
cthulhuhodor
I've had it with these mothaf--in' geckos, on this mothaf--in' satellite!
cthulhuhodor
downvote? I thought HN loved "naughty" things?
louhike
We better start building churches to worship them before we become their (sex?) slaves.
jackmaney
Even though the link points to the Washington Post, I'm a bit reluctant to click on it at work.
louhike
Apart from the title, it is perfectly safe. Apart if pictures of lizards (doing nothing) are forbidden at your office.