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Inhabitsthebed t1_iy9ix59 wrote

On the other hand, animals that were launched into space were basically just waiting to die when they got there. So terrifying journey on a rocket and then dark no gravity death. Fucked up.

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Mysterious_Glass_692 t1_iyacmh8 wrote

There was a cat who survived... and was killed afterwards so her brain could be dissected.

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DonUdo t1_iya72d9 wrote

I hope they put something there to end it and didn't just forget about them

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Cetun t1_iyayyhg wrote

I believe the Laika, the first animal to orbit the earth, died of overheating several hours into the flight. Dozens of Soviet dogs and US monkeys died because their parachutes failed to deploy. In once instance a capsule that was supposed to be recovered malfunctioned on reentry and the Soviets opted to self destruct the capsule rather than have it land somewhere the west might recover it.

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