Has a bird ever been sent into space? I am told they cannot as they use gravity for feeding. Is that true ?

Answer 1

Why would they spend 10s and 10s of millions of dollars to send a bird into space? to see if it could fly in zero g?
To have the worlds first intergalactic budgie?
come on, you cant be serious.
Anyhow, why a bird? why not a hippo or a badger?
How about the worlds first space hedgehog?
or perhaps in interstella kangaroo?

Answer 2

Your all wrong, Equal rights and all that has meant loads of birds have been sent into space, not alone of course but if you don't believe me check out the link. About having trouble feeding, I can't seem to see how they got over that problem but I guess depending on the length of the mission they may have stocked up on earth by eating loads so that they can do what all women seem to love which is starve themselves by going on a crazy diet of no food whilst using the weightlessness that occurs in space as a kind of psychological attempt to keep the weight off when resuming eating as on earth they'll really feel the difference a few pounds makes when put on whilst under normal gravitational conditions and so the less likely to indulge it should make them as they go out fat and return slim. Just a thought anyway. ( I'm really not as much of a male chauvinistic pig as this makes me out to be I just thought it was quite funny and wanted to share it purely as a comical concept that may otherwise have been overlooked sorry).........(No honest I'm all for equality)..........

Answer 3

A bird has never been sent into space.

Answer 4

Birds need gravity to swallow.
Looks like I'm going to have to close the parrot astronaut school then. ;o)

Answer 5

you are correct. it is impossible to send a bird into space because the do use gravity to split seed, unless the were to use a puree,

Answer 6

Yes-
Helen Sharman - female astronaut from UK