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CHINA’S SPACE HERO?

· 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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Comments

  1. lefty skeptic says:
    Thursday, 16 October 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.

  2. James Joyner says:
    Thursday, 16 October 2003 at 15:42

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

  3. Katewerk says:
    Thursday, 16 October 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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