Originally posted by Attitude23
Originally posted by HighFlyer
Originally posted by G_NEUS
I wonder if there are already any NASA members.
IIRC, the first two were Russian Dogs (Veterok and Ugolyok)
Thanks,
Sarah
Thats right, Russia used to love sending dogs to space, one of them died almost straight after coming back down to earth - although I am not sure there was any evidence to confirm they were the first space mile high club members, was there[?]
I wouldn't have thought it was possible for them to join the 100-mile high club given that there was barely room to swing a cat (or indeed dog) inside the Sputnik dog-capsule.
Besides which the main problem with the dogs was that the forces of lift off and weightlessness generally frightened the bejaysus out of them - despite their training - and so I doubt they would have really felt frisky enough for a spot of whatever passes as canine slap 'n' tickle, even if there was room.