Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Uh, I hate to correct a good story, but the dog's name was "Laika," which is apparently Russian for "bark" or something like that: nothing to do with cameras, Leicas, Zorkies, or otherwise. Chandos see, for instance: http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level2/laika.html At 12:34 PM 06/02/2000 -0400, you wrote: >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