"Laika had been a stray wandering the streets of Moscow when she was captured and prepared for a space mission."
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FOOLS! they need to find a strong breed and train him/her from a puppy to withstand the pressures of space >_<
Homer, No! They'll clog the instruments!!
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AAH!
- Protect the queen! - Which one's the queen? - I'm the queen! - No, you're not!
!!!
- Freedom! Horrible, horrible freedom!
EDIT: "Dr Malashenkov has now revealed several new details about Laika's mission such as her food being in jelly form and that she was chained to prevent her turning around."
animals!!
[this message was edited by Juke Joint Jezebel on Mon 28 Oct 14:23]
CrazyMike
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"Re(2):Space dog didnt make it!!!"
, posted Mon 28 Oct 14:21
This is sad, I love animals.
In fact I love them more then most people and would rather swerve to miss a dog and hit a human @_@
Rugalbernstein
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"Re(1):Space dog didnt make it!!!"
, posted Mon 28 Oct 16:46
Interesting to know the truth about Laika... although to be honest, I had never really thought about it too much. She was still the first living thing in space; that's quite an accomplishment. Just think, Juan: the first living thing in space was a dog!
OmegaDog 247th Post
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"Re(1):Space dog didnt make it!!!"
, posted Mon 28 Oct 19:47
Man... this pretty much shatters the moderately-happy Peanuts-Gang-teaches-history imagery of the first dog in space. The outcome of the canine was never even explained.
NEXT STAGE IS 5
Satoshi_Miwa
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"Re(1):Space dog didnt make it!!!"
, posted Mon 28 Oct 19:58
Bah, did they not learn from the Muppet show? Only Pigs are meant for Space...
Okay, in all seriousness this does make one wonder if the US would of been as eager to go into Space if they knew the true fate of the dog. Of if we would off kept on Pushing....
RugalBernstein
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"Re(2):Space dog didnt make it!!!"
, posted Mon 28 Oct 20:25
Nah, the fact that Laika died was common knowledge. The fact that she died of fear early in the operation is the news.
Satoshi_Miwa
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"Re(3):Space dog didnt make it!!!"
, posted Mon 28 Oct 22:22:
quote: Nah, the fact that Laika died was common knowledge. The fact that she died of fear early in the operation is the news.
True, but I'm also wondering if that information alone would of slowed down progress. Something more chilling about a creature dying of fear early on in orbit than a creature dying peacfully...
[this message was edited by Satoshi_Miwa on Mon 28 Oct 22:23]
Damn... I got a 'weak point' with animals, Can't see them suffer... Humans are different story tough.
Burning Ranger
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"Re(2):Space dog didnt make it!!!"
, posted Tue 29 Oct 13:19
So Laika died earlier than expected. *So what?* Have you read the "Phantom Astronauts" section of www.astronautix.com ? I know some listed there are bogus, but I wonder about some of them, especially about the ones about the cosmonauts who went into space BEFORE Yuri Gagarin.
"Never underestimate the predictabilty of stupidity." -Vinnie Jones from SNATCH
"Space dog didnt make it!!!" 
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