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ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  “As the technology to re-enter the atmosphere had not yet been developed, Laika’s survival was never expected.”

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• MrScruff@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Laika and no. Died from overheating.

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  • rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I prefer to believe she found the Kubrick 2001 trip-out scene up there, and now lives forever as a magic star puppy.

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    • four@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      There’s a staaaaar-doooog waiting in the sky!

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    • MrScruff@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It was only low earth orbit. It reentered Earth’s atmosphere in April of '58.

      So in the end I guess Laika did make it back to earth.

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• Aedis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  She didn’t even make it to space. Or survive the ignition sequence.

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