Laura Davis meets the German artist who is training a flock of geese to fly to the moon at FACT
IT IS with proud, upright posture and the impenetrable expression of someone on the cusp of making history that the future astronauts carry out their training.
Sunlight reflects off their impeccable white suits as they practise flight formation and tap out messages in Morse code.
The realities of physics haven't stopped artist Agnes Meyer-Brandis from training a flock of geese to someday fly to the Moon. Thanks to rigorous astronaut training exercises and plenty of acclimation to a crater-pocked lunar model, an invincible generation of astrobird should be ready for an expedition by 2024. [link to io9.com]