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If you like happy endings, also check Belka and Strelka [1]. Not only did they safely travel to space and back, Strelka later gave birth to 6 pups, and one of t

by m000 4y ago

If you like happy endings, also check Belka and Strelka [1]. Not only did they safely travel to space and back, Strelka later gave birth to 6 pups, and one of them went on to live in the JFK White House. [1] https://www.amusingplanet.com/2021/12/belka-and-strelka-soviet-space-dogs.html https://www.amusingplanet.com/2021/12/belka-and-strelka-sovi...

joshjdr 4y ago
[1] the article
feintruled 4y ago
Oh my goodness I knew all about Laika of course but I had never heard of this! And they gave JFK one of their pups! What a wonderful story. EDIT: Nice YT vid with footage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCBWIi2vQ4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCBWIi2vQ4k Looks like they took it in their stride!
kazinator 4y ago
- saalweachter 4y ago
  Technically, any present given "to" a US president is White House property; presumably, it became Johnson's dog after Kennedy's assassination, and, assuming the dog was still alive, later Nixon's.
- jrockway 4y ago
  I'm honestly taken aback at the poor taste of this comment. The dude adopted a cute puppy and cared for it. That's not a good reason to be murdered. I don't know exactly when this happened, but tensions were high after the Cuban missile crisis, and a peace offering in the form of a cuddly creature to love doesn't really seem terrible to me.
  - kazinator 4y ago
    > not a good reason to be murdered Nobody said it was; and he wasn't murdered for any good reason.
    - serf 4y ago
      but what was the point in what you said? do you really think that the decision to own that dog had some sway in his assassination? why? What you said just comes off as a snide comment about someone murdered that you didn't care for, which is to say that I think the comment was low-quality and purposely inflammatory. >and he wasn't murdered for any good reason. do you have some insider insight you'd like to share with the class?
      - kazinator 4y ago
        > do you really think that the decision to own that dog had some sway in his assassination Not the dog directly, but it's indicative of an attitude. It was okay for that US President to be keeping some dog or any other form of gift from the Cold War enemy side. Look at what Shinzo Abe got murdered over: a personal vendetta over his ties to the Unification Church. All it takes is one whacko, that's all I'm basically saying. (No inflammation was intended and I didn't see one, luckily; in any case, I'm not about to participate in some flame war, let alone on this kind of topic. Actually, I had been about to delete the comment myself, but my attention was taken away and I became busy. My 10 minute posting delay went by, and someone replied to it. I not only don't like my comment, but the whole topic area. Anyway, having it thankfully flagged isn't deletion, but better than nothing.)
incanus77 4y ago
I have seen Belka and Strelka. They are stuffed and on display in the Cosmonautics museum in Moscow. https://flickr.com/photos/incanus/10332309885/in/album-72157636661039934/ https://flickr.com/photos/incanus/10332309885/in/album-72157...

by m000 4y ago

joshjdr 4y ago

[1] the article

feintruled 4y ago

Oh my goodness I knew all about Laika of course but I had never heard of this! And they gave JFK one of their pups! What a wonderful story. EDIT: Nice YT vid with footage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCBWIi2vQ4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCBWIi2vQ4k Looks like they took it in their stride!

kazinator 4y ago

saalweachter 4y ago
Technically, any present given "to" a US president is White House property; presumably, it became Johnson's dog after Kennedy's assassination, and, assuming the dog was still alive, later Nixon's.
jrockway 4y ago
I'm honestly taken aback at the poor taste of this comment. The dude adopted a cute puppy and cared for it. That's not a good reason to be murdered. I don't know exactly when this happened, but tensions were high after the Cuban missile crisis, and a peace offering in the form of a cuddly creature to love doesn't really seem terrible to me.
- kazinator 4y ago
  > not a good reason to be murdered Nobody said it was; and he wasn't murdered for any good reason.
  - serf 4y ago
    but what was the point in what you said? do you really think that the decision to own that dog had some sway in his assassination? why? What you said just comes off as a snide comment about someone murdered that you didn't care for, which is to say that I think the comment was low-quality and purposely inflammatory. >and he wasn't murdered for any good reason. do you have some insider insight you'd like to share with the class?
    - kazinator 4y ago
      > do you really think that the decision to own that dog had some sway in his assassination Not the dog directly, but it's indicative of an attitude. It was okay for that US President to be keeping some dog or any other form of gift from the Cold War enemy side. Look at what Shinzo Abe got murdered over: a personal vendetta over his ties to the Unification Church. All it takes is one whacko, that's all I'm basically saying. (No inflammation was intended and I didn't see one, luckily; in any case, I'm not about to participate in some flame war, let alone on this kind of topic. Actually, I had been about to delete the comment myself, but my attention was taken away and I became busy. My 10 minute posting delay went by, and someone replied to it. I not only don't like my comment, but the whole topic area. Anyway, having it thankfully flagged isn't deletion, but better than nothing.)

incanus77 4y ago

I have seen Belka and Strelka. They are stuffed and on display in the Cosmonautics museum in Moscow. https://flickr.com/photos/incanus/10332309885/in/album-72157636661039934/ https://flickr.com/photos/incanus/10332309885/in/album-72157...