Animals in space: from Laika to jellyfish & tortoises
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The Dogs Got Into Space
The chinese had a much more primitive programme, if that's possible. When they sent their first ticonaut or astronaut to space in two thousand three, there were no animals on board. For there was dog meat definitely on the menu, because the first chinese national would eat dog meat when they were up there. So that's how the dogs got into space. He chinese space program is now much bigger, obviously. And they have also just built their new space station called, or translated as the heavenly palace. No doubt they'll have animal experiments going on in there, in the same way as the international space sta does as well. Others have also gone into space.
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