In “Counting Rats From Space” by Achieve 3000, its purpose is to save the Kangaroo Rats from extinction and in “Space Bugs” also by Achieve 3000, its purpose is to find out how they can prevent germs that cause disease. Yet, “Space Bugs” was more effective in achieving its purpose. In “Space Bugs” Achieve states, “‘There are areas in the body which are low shear, such as the gastrointestinal tract, where salmonella finds itself,’ Nickerson said.” Ultimately, sending salmonella to space was helpful in scientist understanding the way the germ operates. Therefore, this article was more effective because scientist can uses the information they got from the salmonella mutation to understand the way the disease works inside the infected host body.
