Chinese Scientists Are Sending Silkworms to Colonize the Moon

[SOUL-DRIFTER]

Seems to me the moon is a tad bit chilly for them silkies.
I say their idea is a little buggy.

Chinese astronauts took already silkworms for a “spacewalk” aboard the Tiangong-2 space station last year.

I mean we all know China is going to lead the 21st century, but now they’re just rubbing it in our sad little faces. Who knew a tyrannical one-party government would be able to crack enough eggs with its iron first to make the world’s largest human omelette? Progress heals all wounds, I suppose they’re telling themselves. China is proving itself capable of tackling nearly any engineering challenge at nearly any cost, and now the Middle Kingdom has its eyes cast upward on the icy, black reaches of space. China has several Mars missions planned for the next few years, a space station in orbit (for now), and has just finished constructing the world’s largest radio telescope. Now, Chinese news outlets have just announced that China will further its space program with a plan aimed at colonizing the moon – with insects, at least.
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[August]

The Chinese will do anything if they see a buck in it.