CHINA’S SPACE HERO?

James Joyner · Thursday, October 16, 2003 · 3 Comments

Just wondering: Why is this man a hero for doing something a Soviet dog managed 46 years ago?

Not to mention the Space Monkey immortalized by John Prine.

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lefty skeptic says:

Thursday, October 16, 2003 at 15:37

The difference is that the dog 46 years ago (Laika) didn’t survive.

http://www.space.com/news/laika_anniversary_991103.html

It’s a sad story, especially for a dog person like me.

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James Joyner says:

Thursday, October 16, 2003 at 15:42

True ’nuff. Just makes the pooch all the more heroic vis-a-vis our latecomer.

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Katewerk says:

Thursday, October 16, 2003 at 16:38

I was scratching my head about this story, too.
“In an upcoming National Geographic special, a Chinese astronaut re–enacts the flights of early space pioneers.”

Kate

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