BS: Early astronauts... er... astronimals

Subject: BS: Early astronauts... er... astronimals
From: beardedbruce
Date: 24 Jul 07 - 12:50 PM

http://history.nasa.gov/animals.html

http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001002.html

Subject: RE: BS: Early astronauts... er... astronimals
From: Rapparee
Date: 24 Jul 07 - 12:56 PM

Yeah, I knew this.

Subject: RE: BS: Early astronauts... er... astronimals
From: beardedbruce
Date: 24 Jul 07 - 12:58 PM

Of course.

I was looking up info on Baker, who outlasted a good many of the human astronauts.

Subject: RE: BS: Early astronauts... er... astronimals
From: Rapparee
Date: 24 Jul 07 - 01:02 PM

They deserve a monument just as much as the humans. At least that's my opinion.

Subject: RE: BS: Early astronauts... er... astronimals
From: beardedbruce
Date: 24 Jul 07 - 01:05 PM

No arguement.

Subject: RE: BS: Early astronauts... er... astronimals
From: beardedbruce
Date: 24 Jul 07 - 01:16 PM

http://www.spacetoday.org/Astronauts/Animals/Dogs.html

"Today, Laika again captures the hearts of people with a monument to her erected 40 years after her spaceflight by the Russians to honor fallen cosmonauts at Star City outside Moscow. The likeness of Laika can be seen peeping out from behind the cosmonauts in the monument.

Laika also is remembered on a plaque at the Moscow research center where she was trained. "

also

http://www.moscowanimals.org/laika/laika.html

Subject: RE: BS: Early astronauts... er... astronimals
From: beardedbruce
Date: 24 Jul 07 - 01:18 PM

But then, with this:

http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/004531.php



I think we had best work on something more significant to remeber them by.

Subject: RE: BS: Early astronauts... er... astronimals
From: Ebbie
Date: 24 Jul 07 - 03:00 PM

I never quite understand the significance of erecting statues to animals. As if they care.

Subject: RE: BS: Early astronauts... er... astronimals
From: beardedbruce
Date: 24 Jul 07 - 03:05 PM

ditto the dead, and all historical figures.

Monuments are for the living people, to help them remember what was done to get them where they are.

Subject: RE: BS: Early astronauts... er... astronimals
From: Ebbie
Date: 24 Jul 07 - 05:48 PM

OK, bb. Point taken.

Subject: RE: BS: Early astronauts... er... astronimals
From: SINSULL
Date: 25 Jul 07 - 12:54 PM

Lest we forget...and then we do anyway.

Subject: RE: BS: Early astronauts... er... astronimals
From: heric
Date: 25 Jul 07 - 02:51 PM

Russian cosmonanimals