stackyFACTSWhen the USSR needed to prove socialist superiority in space, they skipped trained test pilots and just grabbed a stray dog off the streets of Moscow.
When the USSR needed to prove socialist superiority in space, they skipped trained test pilots and just grabbed a stray dog off the streets of Moscow. Laika was placed into Sputnik 2 with absolutely zero plans for a return trip. To distract from the fact that they intentionally incinerated a puppy in orbit, Soviet marketing went into overdrive, flooding the globe with stamps, matchboxes, and toys celebrating her as a brave, self-sacrificing hero of the proletariat.
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