“Dear Gen. Bolden: My friends at PETA tell me that NASA plans to fund a cruel radiation experiment on squirrel monkeys at Harvard’s McLean Hospital and New York’s Brookhaven National Laboratory. These scientifically invalid experiments squander $1.75 million of taxpayers’ money and cost animals their health and freedom, so the price isn’t right on any count. The sensitive, intelligent squirrel monkeys who would be blasted with radiation in this experiment […]

Space Station Living, Radiation, and Monkeys, Discovery Former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao “You may have heard about planned monkey radiation experiments, and the recent protests against them. I understand the necessity of animal experiments in developing drugs and treatments, but I must admit that this one has me scratching my head a bit. I have no doubt that some advances in scientific knowledge would be realized through these planned experiments, […]