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Squirrel monkeys the victims of NASA radiation experiments

NASA engineer quits over animal experiment, By Hayley Kappes,The Daily News  September 12, 2010 JOHNSON SPACE CENTER — April Evans wrestled for weeks whether to quit her dream job working for NASA’s operations with the International Space Station.She concluded in March there was no other option but to resign after learning the space agency proposed a $1.75 million experiment to irradiate 18 squirrel monkeys to determine astronauts’ ability to withstand high levels of continuous radiation in deep space……. ……NASA engineer quits over animal experiment

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