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24 Jul 07 - 12:50 PM (#2110186) Subject: BS: Early astronauts... er... astronimals From: beardedbruce http://history.nasa.gov/animals.html http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001002.html |
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24 Jul 07 - 12:56 PM (#2110190) Subject: RE: BS: Early astronauts... er... astronimals From: Rapparee Yeah, I knew this. |
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24 Jul 07 - 12:58 PM (#2110192) Subject: RE: BS: Early astronauts... er... astronimals From: beardedbruce Of course. I was looking up info on Baker, who outlasted a good many of the human astronauts. |
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24 Jul 07 - 01:02 PM (#2110199) Subject: RE: BS: Early astronauts... er... astronimals From: Rapparee They deserve a monument just as much as the humans. At least that's my opinion. |
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24 Jul 07 - 01:05 PM (#2110201) Subject: RE: BS: Early astronauts... er... astronimals From: beardedbruce No arguement. |
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24 Jul 07 - 01:16 PM (#2110213) Subject: RE: BS: Early astronauts... er... astronimals From: beardedbruce 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 |
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24 Jul 07 - 01:18 PM (#2110214) Subject: RE: BS: Early astronauts... er... astronimals From: beardedbruce 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. |
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24 Jul 07 - 03:00 PM (#2110279) Subject: RE: BS: Early astronauts... er... astronimals From: Ebbie I never quite understand the significance of erecting statues to animals. As if they care. |
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24 Jul 07 - 03:05 PM (#2110283) Subject: RE: BS: Early astronauts... er... astronimals From: beardedbruce 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. |
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24 Jul 07 - 05:48 PM (#2110426) Subject: RE: BS: Early astronauts... er... astronimals From: Ebbie OK, bb. Point taken. |
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25 Jul 07 - 12:54 PM (#2111019) Subject: RE: BS: Early astronauts... er... astronimals From: SINSULL Lest we forget...and then we do anyway. |
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25 Jul 07 - 02:51 PM (#2111117) Subject: RE: BS: Early astronauts... er... astronimals From: heric Russian cosmonanimals |