Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I heard a tale, apocryphal probably, that the first living creatures to go > into > space were actually launched by the US (von Brauin) on a V2 in the late > forties > and were Fruit flies; the idea was that they vB et al wanted to see if they > could survive the shock of launch. The idea being to monitor the container > in > which they sat. Didn't care what happened to them after they crashed I > suppose. > > Have no way of knowing whether it is true or just an early cold war > hangover > ;-) > > > Peter > > And there was another one before they sent up a guy with Sweetbay Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana) in it! So they could have all three food groups. (look it up) Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/