Comment Re:Curious ignorance - Laika was deliberately kilt (Score 1) 384
>Anyway, Laika was actually euthanized before >reentry with drug-laced food - the
>Russians weren't THAT bad.
You're wrong.
Lately the Russians admitted on
a space congress in the USA that Laika died of overheating after about 2-3 orbits.
The news appeared also some time ago on Slashdot too:
"Russians Reveal Early Death of Laika"
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/2 9/1754233&mode=thread
Bye