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fossils in orbit

I just read that a coelophysis skull was taken up on the shuttle in 1989 (ish) and then transfered to Mir, where it orbited for some time.

Does anyone have a clue as to _why_ they did this? A publicity stunt or some zero-gee paleontological research or what?

Confused,
Eric
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