The more time passes, the more I'm sorry about it. Most frustratingly, it seems that whatever evidence was gathered in the few minutes before her death - which occurred shortly after take-off due to overheating - was entirely inconsequential: Laika's journey was one of those endeavors. With both sides striving toward the same goal, both NASA and the Soviet Space Program had invested in questionable experiments and undertakings in order to further their knowledge on the subject. The flight was conducted in 1957 and was intended to shed some light on the possibility of manned spaceflights - as the competition and tensions between Soviet Russia and the United States grew exponentially, so too did the desire to have the first manned flight into orbit. The few photos that exist of Laika are incontestably adorable, and all of the comments regarding her temperament are overwhelmingly positive inevitably, it seemed, Laika's charm was not enough to save her from a journey that a group of Soviet scientists and astronauts were too afraid to attempt themselves. However, the young dog had much life to live when it was catapulted into space in a kennel-sized space cabin and left for dead. Soviet hero would likely have already passed on due to natural causes (barring any extraordinary, record-breaking situation), having been born in 1954.
If you've never heard of Laika, perhaps you'd find comfort in knowing that the former stray and 11lb. With the case of Laika, the uniquely dubbed "Soviet space dog," there seems to be little evidence to suggest why such a tragedy came to pass. "Įvery once in a blue moon, the world's smartest people do the world's dumbest things. I wanted to do something nice for her: She had so little time left to live.
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