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Topic:	In Remembrance of Laika

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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>ColinBurgess</TD><TD>Today marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of Laika on her ill-fated journey aboard Sputnik II. Here's to that little street dog who unwittingly paved the way for humans to follow - a true space pioneer who will always be remembered and celebrated as probably the most famous canine in history.Colin</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Chris Dubbs</TD><TD>Every time I think of her I can recapture that feeling I had when I looked for her in the night sky. </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>randy</TD><TD>May she never be forgotten.Randy</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Rick Boos</TD><TD>.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>R.Glueck</TD><TD>Interestingly, while speaking at a conference of Soviet and U.S. teachers in 1991, I brought up the subject of little Laika, and the Russian looked at me like I was an idiot. I have to wonder if we in the west don't hold her legacy in higher esteem than do the Russians. I have a book in my library that actually credits her naming to Yuri Gagarin, which is another lionizing of the Gagarin fable.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>Anatoly Zak has a <A HREF="http://www.russianspaceweb.com/sputnik2.html" TARGET=_blank>new section on RussianSpaceWeb.com</A> devoted to Sputnik 2 and Laika, in honor of the flight's 50th anniversary.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Chris Dubbs</TD><TD>That is a nice tribute page on Zak's site. Except that he includes a television camera among the equipment in Sputnik 2. </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>ColinBurgess</TD><TD>Richard,That story is actually about the naming of the dog Zvezdochka, who flew on the precursory Vostok mission to Gagarin's. And depending on which book you read about the naming of that particular dog, it was either Gagarin or Titov who questioned handling staff a day or two before launch and asked what her name was. According to the story no one really knew, although they had been calling her either Dymka (Smoky) or Tuchka (Cloudy). Gagarin is said to have been disappointed in the dog having such an ordinary name on such a vital mission and, noticing a nearby worker wearing a "star of hero" badge on his jacket, came up with the name Zvezdochka (Little Star). It's a nice, comfortable little story, although like many cosmonaut-enhancing stories from that time I tend to view it with great scepticism.Colin</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>dss65</TD><TD>I suppose this is a slight departure from the subject (or perhaps not), but this string immediately reminded me of something I had read a few years ago. I own a very wonderful book titled "The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke". (How I wish I could get a signed bookplate for this incredible book.) One of the many short stories in the book is titled "Dog Star", although a note below that title indicates that the story was "First published in Galaxy, April 1962, as 'Moondog'". The story is about a fictional dog named Laika. Beneath that note (but before the story), Clarke noted, "I can no longer bear to read this story, now that Laika sleeps forever in the garden of the home we once shared." I think all of us dog lovers easily understand what he meant. Rest in peace to all the Laikas of this world.------------------ Don</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>A few recent articles: <UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>The New York Times: <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/arts/design/04kino.html?_r=1&ref=design&oref=slogin" TARGET=_blank>Boldly, Where No Dog Had Gone Before</A><LI>MSNBC: <A HREF="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21596557/" TARGET=_blank>How a dog blazed the trail for life in space</A><LI>Associated Press: <A HREF="http://www.space.com/news/ap-071102-laika-anniversary.html" TARGET=_blank>50 Years Ago: The First Dog in Orbit</A> </UL></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>R.Glueck</TD><TD>Colin: Thanks for the neat story. Dissecting Russian space history is an art rather than a science. Nevertheless, my wife and I adopted a six year old stray yesterday, and have been agonizing over a name. I think "Laika" works just beautifully, in this 50th year of memory. Lemme see what me Mrs. has to say.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Colin Anderton</TD><TD>I hope you don't think this in bad taste (I'm an animal lover too), but there was a poem around at the time of Sputnik 2 written by Alan Herbert, a humourist and rights campaigner:The Christmas stars are back again, Orion has resumed his reign, And Sirius, the brightest light Is at my window every night.But foolish man has got his eye On rubbish rushing round the sky, On bits of rockets, parts of cones, And, I suppose, the puppy's bones.Nor do they seem to know it all, If rockets fizzle out or fall. At any moment through the fog, There may descend a bit of dog.The moon was beautiful, They've made it dull, I much prefer The other side of Hull. </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>R.Glueck</TD><TD>Carole Ann agreed, so "Laika" is the dog's new name.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Gilbert</TD><TD>I read the new graphic novel "Laika" on the 50th anniversary of her flight. Although her origins are heavily fictionized, it's a great read. Laika was a true pioneer.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Philip</TD><TD>Well, Colin & Chris gave the animal a nice tribute on the cover of their book: <A HREF="http://www.praxis-publishing.co.uk/view.asp?id=260&search=home" TARGET=_blank>Animals in Space: From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle</A><a name="laikamonument"></a> </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>RIA Novosti: <A HREF="http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080411/104875561.html" TARGET=_blank>Statue to pioneering Russian space dog unveiled in Moscow</A><CENTER><img src="http://collectspace.com/review/laika_monument01.jpg" WIDTH="237" HEIGHT="344"></CENTER> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>A bronze monument to a former street dog called Laika, which was the first living creature in space and paved the way for manned flights, was unveiled in northwest Moscow on Friday.The monument, erected a day before Russia's Cosmonautics Day celebrated on April 12, is a two-meter (6.5 feet) high space rocket with Laika proudly standing on top.<CENTER>...</CENTER>At the unveiling ceremony the head of the Institute of military medicine, Igor Ushakov, said: "I'm looking at the monument and indeed recognize Laika. She is glancing at the house where the pre-flight preparations and training took place."<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> According to ITAR-TASS, the monument is "situated at the Petrovsko-Razumovskaya tree-lined walk near the State Military Medicine Scientific Research Institute of the Russian Defence Ministry."</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Chris Dubbs</TD><TD>Bravo.</TD></TR></TABLE></td></tr></table>

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