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Friday, March 28, 2008

Dog Gone

posted by on March 28 at 12:14 PM

The fantasy:
laika.jpg

The reality:

The dog Laika, the first living creature to orbit the Earth, did not live nearly as long as Soviet officials led the world to believe.

The animal, launched on a one-way trip on board Sputnik 2 in November 1957, was said to have died painlessly in orbit about a week after blast-off.

Now, it has been revealed she died from overheating and panic just a few hours after the mission started.

The video:

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I keep waiting for the movie "Dogs in Space" to get released on DVD, there's a great scene in it where the punk kids try to fake a chunk Spuntnik landing on the roof of their house. The kid in the movie "Leolo" (great movie I think from the '80s) is obsessed with the Russian dog in space as well.

Posted by dan10things | March 28, 2008 12:31 PM
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I keep waiting for the movie "Dogs in Space" to get released on DVD, there's a great scene in it where the punk kids try to fake a chunk Spuntnik landing on the roof of their house. The kid in the movie "Leolo" (great movie I think from the '80s) is obsessed with the Russian dog in space as well.

Posted by dan10things | March 28, 2008 12:33 PM
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Posted by internet police | March 28, 2008 12:42 PM
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Why must you break my heart? Why?

Posted by the man who couldn't blog | March 28, 2008 1:15 PM
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internet police, the post is not about bbc report from 2002, but the music video for a track that was released in october 2006 and became a hit in finland in 2007. thank you.

Posted by charles mudede | March 28, 2008 1:42 PM
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Dogs Die In Hot Space Ships

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Dogs Die In Hot Orbiters

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Posted by Dogs Die In Hot Orbiters | March 28, 2008 5:25 PM

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