Did he come back okay? Do you think for the sake of science that this was cruel?
2007-09-17 03:09:07 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
The claims that he died were a cover story.
He actually crash landed in Thailand and ended up on the menu at a local restaurant.
Love and blessings Don
2007-09-17 03:15:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, Laika was never intended to come back alive. They said they planned on its survival for 7 days but believe he lasted only a few hours. "There was no capability of returning a payload safely to Earth at this time, so it was planned that Laika would be euthanized with a poisoned serving of food after about 10 days of orbiting the Earth. However, in October 2002 it was revealed by Russian sources that Laika had already died after a few hours from overheating and stress." Yes, there is a lot of cruel science. That is the treatment laboratory animals endure. It really makes me sad.
2007-09-17 10:15:22 · answer #2 · answered by rcpaden 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was and he defected to the US, went on to be the stunt double for Lassie. Even had a few kids of his own.
Sadly he is interned at Stephen King's pet cemetery and has become a talking point among staff.
Shocked you did I ? You should be, cause there is a lot of animal testing done around the world and we are saying that it is cruel and unjust, but we don't do the research to find out if the products we are using are free from animal testing. For some of us it is just a topic around the water cooler and it ends when we walk away.
Thanks for bringing it up and please do your part to inform and educate others.
2007-09-17 10:20:32 · answer #3 · answered by julien 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Laika was sent into space with no method of recovery--they just wanted to see if she could survive in space. I think that with the technology we have now it would be cruel, but at the time they had no instruments to tell whether a human could survive--they had to use animals before they would risk a human. I'm sure Yuri Gagarin was happy they did.
2007-09-17 10:23:34 · answer #4 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The dog's name was Laika. It was euthanised
after 10 days in space. A full account of her
story can be found at
http://www.space.edu/projects/book/chapter10.html
2007-09-17 10:17:13 · answer #5 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Poor Laika. I think it's cruel that the poor thing was used at
all. I was sad to hear it died in space.
2007-09-17 10:24:57 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was cruel and I'm afraid it died in the mission, it was a horrible thing to do and I'm sorry if this has upset you...
2007-09-17 10:13:34 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it was cruel. Besides he is living with the monkey we sent into space probably.
2007-09-17 10:20:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It died about four days into the mission because the cabin overheated. Here's an article about it:
http://www.space.com/news/laika_anniversary_991103.html
2007-09-17 10:14:46 · answer #9 · answered by Goddess 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The dog died a few hours after takeoff...:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika
2007-09-17 10:12:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋