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Nice. I love silly things like this. An example on the homepage would be nice. Maybe something about Laika (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika https://en.wiki

Nice. I love silly things like this. An example on the homepage would be nice. Maybe something about Laika (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika)

julianlam 4y ago
Unrelated to OP, but is it SOP for Russian agencies to deliberately obfuscate or outright lie on otherwise uncontroversial data? > Laika died within hours from overheating, possibly caused by a failure of the central R‑7 sustainer to separate from the payload. The true cause and time of her death were not made public until 2002; instead, it was widely reported that she died when her oxygen ran out on day six or, as the Soviet government initially claimed, she was euthanised prior to oxygen depletion. There seems to be little reason to lie about this given Laika's survival was already nil.
- wodenokoto 4y ago
  Of course they are gonna say things worked out as planned.
- jen20 4y ago
  > is it SOP for Russian agencies to deliberately obfuscate or outright lie Yes.
- burkaman 4y ago
  Having the first living thing in orbit survive for a week vs. a few hours makes a pretty big impact on the perception of your new space program. "Total success, now we just have to figure out re-entry" vs. "failure, our spacecraft cannot sustain life yet".
- kennywinker 4y ago
  Laika was launched into orbit in 1957. At that time "Russia" was a member of the USSR (soviet union) called the "Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Soci...). That government collapsed in 1991, and was replaced by the current "Russian Federation" government. Which is relevant history to your question, because SOP for the USSR/RSFSR is very different from SOP for the current government. The current gov is corrupt and lies, but has entirely different motivations than the government that lied for 34 years about Laika.

Nice. I love silly things like this. An example on the homepage would be nice. Maybe something about Laika (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika)

julianlam 4y ago

Unrelated to OP, but is it SOP for Russian agencies to deliberately obfuscate or outright lie on otherwise uncontroversial data? > Laika died within hours from overheating, possibly caused by a failure of the central R‑7 sustainer to separate from the payload. The true cause and time of her death were not made public until 2002; instead, it was widely reported that she died when her oxygen ran out on day six or, as the Soviet government initially claimed, she was euthanised prior to oxygen depletion. There seems to be little reason to lie about this given Laika's survival was already nil.

wodenokoto 4y ago
Of course they are gonna say things worked out as planned.
jen20 4y ago
> is it SOP for Russian agencies to deliberately obfuscate or outright lie Yes.
burkaman 4y ago
Having the first living thing in orbit survive for a week vs. a few hours makes a pretty big impact on the perception of your new space program. "Total success, now we just have to figure out re-entry" vs. "failure, our spacecraft cannot sustain life yet".
kennywinker 4y ago
Laika was launched into orbit in 1957. At that time "Russia" was a member of the USSR (soviet union) called the "Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Soci...). That government collapsed in 1991, and was replaced by the current "Russian Federation" government. Which is relevant history to your question, because SOP for the USSR/RSFSR is very different from SOP for the current government. The current gov is corrupt and lies, but has entirely different motivations than the government that lied for 34 years about Laika.