what our experiment is about

Ladybugs in Space will show how micro-gravity will affect the life cycle of a ladybug. We feel that it is important to discover how micro-gravity could affect ladybugs so that in the future, if there are gardens in space, astronauts and scientists will be able to prevent pests like aphids from destroying food resources.

We expect that micro-gravity will speed up the process, that typically takes 26-54 days (from egg to adult) on earth.

While the ladybugs are in space, we will be conducting a ground truth test to monitor our findings and document our results. We will compare our findings after the mission returns back to earth.

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Day 5... "i'm starvining" said one, "yah food!" said another

2/10/15-
     They got more food! We bravely put more food in the tank and we re-watered the cotton balls. A few got out but me being the bug wrangler got the ram-pagers back to to their cozy home safely and quickly. Once we did all of the opening and food and water some of the bugs moved from the corner. We turned off the light at 7:10 p.m. and the ladybugs will get well rested for another day of adventure in Ladybug Tank Landia!
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