[Leica] the slow horrible death of leica

[kyle cassidy <cassidy@hector.asc.upenn.edu>]

there was an article in George about a year and a half ago (when i was
still reading it under the foundless impression that it would eventually
get good) by the russian scientist who trained "leica", the dog in space,
they knew the dog was going to die in space (as they had no plans to bring
it back) and the guy had gotten attached to it while they were working
together. he said the dog looked scared and he wanted to pat her on the
head but he didn't want to look unscientific in front of his bosses, so he
just shut her in. once the capsul got in space the defective heat shield
raised the inside temperature of the capsule 1 degree every orbit and she
baked slowly to death.

but should't the dog have been named Zorki?

kc