Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/15

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Subject: [Leica] First living Creature launched into Space? Trick Question.
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Sat Oct 15 16:05:50 2005
 
> I heard a tale, apocryphal probably, that the first living creatures to go
> into 
> space were actually launched by the US (von Brauin) on a V2 in the late
> forties 
> and were Fruit flies; the idea was that they vB et al wanted to see if they
> could survive the shock of launch. The idea being to monitor the container 
> in
> which they sat. Didn't care what happened to them after they crashed I
> suppose.
> 
> Have no way of knowing whether it is true or just an early cold war 
> hangover
> ;-)
> 
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
And there was another one before they sent up a guy with Sweetbay Magnolia
(Magnolia virginiana) in it!

So they could have all three food groups.

(look it up)


Mark Rabiner
Photography
Portland Oregon
http://rabinergroup.com/
In reply to: Message from pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig) ([Leica] First living Creature launched into Space? Trick Question.)