Thank you, Ham the Chimp, for your service to NASA and humankind. Rest in peace.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham_(chimpanzee)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham_(chimpanzee)
That is one reason we should thank him.That rectal thermometer would have made most folks opt out of the flight.
"A number of physiological sensors were used to monitor the vital signs (electrocardiogram, respiration, and body temperature) of Ham. A commercial rectal thermistor probe was used instead of the probe used on the human Mercury astronauts. The probe was inserted 8 inches deep into Ham's rectum. The physiological sensors were placed on Ham about 10 hours before liftoff."
In medicine it is always a bad sign when the tube to orifice ratio exceeds unity."If you think about the number of openings on the human body and think about how far you can go up any one of them, you tell me which one would be most uncomfortable for you."
-John Glenn
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