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Re:The Sad, Sad Story of Laika, the Space Dog, and Her One-W... by throwaway0x7E6 on Friday November 11, 2022 @09:23AM (#33561125)
>Félicette was killed two months after the launch so that scientists could perform a necropsy to examine her brain.[29]

it was so wholesome up until that point

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Re:The Sad, Sad Story of Laika, the Space Dog, and Her One-W... by bombcar on Friday November 11, 2022 @09:39AM (#33561336)
It's interesting the changes in tone in that article. Félicette was killed, but the other 11 cats were "euthanized".
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