Laika in her own words:
I have been selflessly orbiting Earth since 1957, breaking space endurance records, proving Soviet Space Program is more advanced than Amerikanski Program. Man on the moon, ptooey! Amerikanski not returned to moon since 1972, and I am still up here! But I would like to come back to Earth and help Amerikanski workers and farmers defeat capitalist oppressors and live happily like Soviet workers and farmers. They could use help from Hero Dog of Soviet Union, Friend of People, no?
ROFL...I must have that!
Gotta admit, that is kinda funny.