Something that stuck with me
Okay, so we saw JoCo in concert Saturday night, it was freaking awesome. I recognized only some of the songs but I enjoyed the whole thing. Out of all the songs though, only one really stuck with me.
Some time ago JoCo entered a contest where you had to write a song that was a tribute to David Bowie's 'Space Oddity'. This brought about the song 'Space Doggity'. Despite the cheeky name, its a sad and true story. Apparently when the Russians were working on space travel they sent a Dog into space as an experiment to observe the effects of space travel on a living mammal.
Apparently the shuttle was not built for retrieval, official press releases stated that the lasted a few days when in truth within hours of launch she had succumbed to heat and fatigue. For whatever reason loss of human life never hits me as hard as these things do. I guess I just really like dogs.
Anyways, here's a video someone put together to the soundtrack as there is no official vid:
Update:
Found a few images worth looking at:
This is a shot of Laika in her harness pre-launch:
Apparently in 2002 this monument was erected outside the facility that lead the Sputnik 2 project:
"Work with animals is a source of suffering to all of us. We treat them like babies who cannot speak. The more time passes, the more I'm sorry about it. We shouldn't have done it... We did not learn enough from this mission to justify the death of the dog." -Oleg Gazenko, Russian Scientist involved in Sputnik 2
Some time ago JoCo entered a contest where you had to write a song that was a tribute to David Bowie's 'Space Oddity'. This brought about the song 'Space Doggity'. Despite the cheeky name, its a sad and true story. Apparently when the Russians were working on space travel they sent a Dog into space as an experiment to observe the effects of space travel on a living mammal.
Apparently the shuttle was not built for retrieval, official press releases stated that the lasted a few days when in truth within hours of launch she had succumbed to heat and fatigue. For whatever reason loss of human life never hits me as hard as these things do. I guess I just really like dogs.
Anyways, here's a video someone put together to the soundtrack as there is no official vid:
Click to viewUpdate:
Found a few images worth looking at:
This is a shot of Laika in her harness pre-launch:
Apparently in 2002 this monument was erected outside the facility that lead the Sputnik 2 project:
"Work with animals is a source of suffering to all of us. We treat them like babies who cannot speak. The more time passes, the more I'm sorry about it. We shouldn't have done it... We did not learn enough from this mission to justify the death of the dog." -Oleg Gazenko, Russian Scientist involved in Sputnik 2