[anonymous_user]

Do the PeTArds know we shot a poor, innocent beagle into outer space?

[gooleyman]

Hey...I just had an idea. Why don't we include some insects on one of those landers. Equip each fly with a camera and let it fly as far as it can in the conditions and you can get pictures of a greater area than just a little probe sitting in one spot. Maybe we would use some of those mechanical insects the Military is experimenting with. I saw it in Popular Mechanics a few years ago.

Then again, maybe there's a reason why I didn't get that job at NASA.

[struwwelpeter]

Do the PeTArds know we shot a poor, innocent beagle into outer space?

On November 3rd, 1957, the Soviet Union sent a mixed-breed stray named Laika into space. Officially the dog made hundreds of orbits over a week-long period, finally dying a peaceful death from carbon dioxide build up.

Declassified records from Russia's space agency now indicate that the dog died of overheating within a few hours of launch.

Here's a link you can run through Babelfish.