Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sadly no-one asked poor Laika/Leica if he wanted to volunteer for the one way mission. Ground control to Laika Dog, ground control to Laika Dog Stopping peeing on the instruments and put your daiper on Ground control to Laika Dog : Commencing countdown engine's on Check ig-nition and may God's love be with you This is ground control to Laika Dog, you've really made the grade! And the papers want to know whose flea collar you wear, Now it's time to leave the kennel if you dare This is Laika Dog to ground con-trol, I'm stepping through the doggie door And I'm barking in the most peculiar way And the lamp posts look very difeerent today ... Ground control to Laika Dog : Your circuit's dead, there's something wong. Can you hear me Laika Dog ? Can you hear me Laika Dog ? Can you hear me Laika Dog ? Can you ... If I make it back I've got a very special aurprise for the mission control rug. 2009/7/21 Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> > Russians sent a Leica to space: > > LEICA, THE SPACE DOG > > When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik II into space on November 3, 1957, > there was one sole passenger aboard. Leica (also transliterated as Laika), > a > German Shepherd, orbited the Earth for seven days aboard the spacecraft. > Scientists believed that by monitoring Leica, they could learn about > radiation and weightlessness on animals in space. > Encyclopedia.com > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 4:26 PM, EPL <manolito at videotron.ca> wrote: > > > Leicas were indeed prepared for NASA but I've seen no evidence that any > > were > > actually used aloft. I believe these were MDa bodies with 1.2 Noctilux > > lenses, controls oversized for use with gloved hands. > > > > The first mammal in orbit was Laika, a dog launched aboard Sputnik 2 in > > 1957. > > > > Emanuel > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana (+31.754164,-093.099080) > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Cheers Geoff Alles was eine gute Kamera braucht / Everything a good camera needs: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman