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Fish shoulders that could help astronauts

A fish. Its shoulders. Outer space. See what it cost taxpayers, with the original source.

🇨🇦 Canada · 2020 · 🚀 Space

A fish. Its shoulders. Outer space.

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C$150,000 research grant

A fish doing astronaut shoulder research. There is a reason: microgravity.

What actually happened

A Canadian Space Agency grant (19HLSRM03) studying mudskipper fish to understand shoulder and bone problems astronauts face in microgravity.

Source: Open Government Canada ↗ · Amount in original currency, not adjusted for inflation. An unusual cost is not automatically waste; see how we check the facts.

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