Many animals proved they had the right stuff

 
By Bill Sones and Rich Sones, Ph.D.
Published: October 9, 2007

Q :From the early space program, can you name some of the "wrong” species that had the right stuff?

A :"Wrong,” in that many of these "guinea pigs” died or were sacrificed by scientists to study the effects of weightlessness on living organisms, New Scientist magazine reports.

In June 1957, Laika was the most famous dog in the world when the Soviet Union launched her into space aboard Sputnik 2, but ...


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