• @[email protected]
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    241 year ago

    Work with animals is a source of suffering to all of us. We treat them like babies who cannot speak. The more time passes, the more I’m sorry about it. We shouldn’t have done it … We did not learn enough from this mission to justify the death of the dog.

    —Oleg Gazenko, one of the scientists who worked on Sputnik 2

    I disagree, Mr. Gazenko. The Soviet Union learned the incredibly valuable lesson that if you lock a dog in a hot box, it dies. Truly valuable science.

    • @[email protected]
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      141 year ago

      They also learned that living beings do not die from being weightless and the general conditions in space. This was not so clear at this time.

  • @Zehzin
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    131 year ago

    I love being a lab mouse, I can’t wait until this study is over so I can retire at my favorite scientist’s home.

    • ivanafterall
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      91 year ago

      Bro, how many monkeys score a gig at an Elon Musk company!? He’s going to make me so smart and successful!

  • Stamets
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    71 year ago

    Oh no… why’d you have to turn on the feels this morning?

  • @agent_flounder
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    61 year ago

    And he came back down from space and played and ate steaks and still does to this day and will live forever, god damn it. 😭