russia was winning the space race  first satellite first dog first man first orbit america was losing bad, they needed a stunt to boost morale.  then came a call from moscow. despite the so-called war, russia shared important information with america about what really happened to laika  both countries had invested so much, we could not let this event stop us.  laika saved many lives, and will always be a hero. her death, very sad, but we are told she did not suffer. we learned that nothing can live outside the van allen protection field. radiation outside the van allen is insanely strong, and cooked poor laika instantly. russia lied to their people, another dog was paraded as laika, but it was not her. we did not call russia out for fraud, that mission was more success than failure, she was truly a life saving hero, and deserved to be honored. russia knew that we faked the moon landing, and they did not call out our fraud either. we both hope that one day we can make outerspace travel a reality, and did not want to crush that hope. one day, we might create shielding that will allow man to go into outerspace.
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