by cinbun8 on 11/11/22, 1:28 PM with 174 comments
by m000 on 11/11/22, 3:23 PM
[1] https://www.amusingplanet.com/2021/12/belka-and-strelka-sovi...
by nimbius on 11/11/22, 2:11 PM
https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/08/b...
The Monument to the Conquerors of Space in Moscow, constructed in 1964, also includes Laika!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_the_Conquerors_of_...
by BlueBall on 11/11/22, 3:11 PM
And while Earth was trowing a giant party
where happiness mixes tears in the champagne
Laika just was looking out the window
What could be that giant colored ball?
And why do I keep spinning it around?
by boulos on 11/11/22, 4:29 PM
https://history.nasa.gov/animals.html is a more straightforward recounting of the various tests and animals involved, including the V-2 tests.
by Kaibeezy on 11/11/22, 4:44 PM
by narahs on 11/11/22, 2:07 PM
by JoeDaDude on 11/11/22, 6:39 PM
[1]. https://www.nickabadzis.com/laika-graphic-novel
[2]. https://www.bigplanetcomics.com/category/comics/the-alternat...
by fnfontana on 11/11/22, 4:22 PM
by Lapsa on 11/11/22, 1:55 PM
by lgessler on 11/11/22, 5:42 PM
by markoman on 11/11/22, 3:10 PM
by tim333 on 11/11/22, 4:26 PM
It sounds rather similar to how the Russians treat their mobilised soldiers to this day.
by gadders on 11/11/22, 6:54 PM
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/remember...
Look at that good girl :-( We really don't deserve dogs.
by Victerius on 11/11/22, 2:13 PM
She also survived.
by tibbon on 11/11/22, 3:54 PM
by mikeInAlaska on 11/11/22, 7:34 PM
So after seven days, the oxygen level would instantly drop to zero? I would think the Oxygen supply would run out, leaving the dog to slowly suffocate as the O2 supply of the capsule space was consumed.
by mahoro on 11/11/22, 7:13 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljKPnQNp_kA
It is beautiful even if you choose any random moment in the middle.
by dang on 11/11/22, 8:11 PM
Remembering Laika, Space Dog and Soviet Hero - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15620340 - Nov 2017 (51 comments)
by friendlyHornet on 11/12/22, 7:37 AM
(Same musician who wrote Still Alive and Want You Gone for Portal)
by psychphysic on 11/11/22, 5:04 PM
by pipeline_peak on 11/11/22, 4:15 PM
by khendron on 11/11/22, 11:01 PM
by areoform on 11/11/22, 11:27 PM
> One of the technicians preparing the capsule before final liftoff stated that "after placing Laika in the container and before closing the hatch, we kissed her nose and wished her bon voyage, knowing that she would not survive the flight."[16]
One of the lead scientists involved expressed regrets over Laika's sacrifice,
> Oleg Gazenko, one of the scientists responsible for sending Laika into space, expressed regret for allowing her to die:
> "Work with animals is a source of suffering to all of us. We treat them like babies who cannot speak. The more time passes, the more I'm sorry about it. We shouldn't have done it ... We did not learn enough from this mission to justify the death of the dog."
"We treat them like babies who cannot speak."
The US Air Force's aeromedical research division, under the aegis of the Air Force Missile Development Center, became the first entity to send an animal (fruit flies) into space on a captured Nazi V2 rocket. They also became the first to send a mammal into space, Albert II. A rhesus monkey who suffered the ignoble fate of dying on impact after a parachute failure.
These experiments led to the development of the first aeromedical research studies that supported the eventual development of crewed capsules. NASA has a great series on the topic, https://history.nasa.gov/afspbio/part1.htm
You can also watch an early film made by the USAF describing their research, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSBO0haqAwc
by throwaway742 on 11/11/22, 5:55 PM
by uwagar on 11/11/22, 3:41 PM
they'd squeeze anything to make russia/ussr look bad, however little.
by smm11 on 11/11/22, 4:17 PM
by belval on 11/11/22, 3:56 PM
This tone is really harsh, animals dying to push science forward is still common today and acting like they were "heartless" for it is disingenuous.
Laika got to be remembered, which his already much more than can be said of most test subjects.
by Jun8 on 11/11/22, 5:10 PM
by my_city on 11/11/22, 3:52 PM
by iamapassenger on 11/11/22, 6:29 PM
by FollowingTheDao on 11/11/22, 3:17 PM