Turtles flew around the Moon?

[2552]

I did not know that. .

 

[tl8]

Is there ment to be a link?

 

[liber]

Click on ''I did not know that'' in first post.

 

[RisingFury]

There isn't much more info about it... is this real?

 

[Urwumpe]

There isn't much more info about it... is this real?

As far as I can tell yes.

 

[Saturn V]

Yes, it's true. This was the flight that cemented NASA's decision to send Apollo 8 around the moon instead of repeating the Apollo 7 flight in a high Earth orbit.

 

[JamesG]

But why turtles?

 

[Urwumpe]

But why turtles?

Bring their own heatshield.

 

[n72.75]

Bring their own heatshield.

Good one.

they were probely the only living thing the soviets could get their hands on in Baikonur

 

[Quick_Nick]

But why turtles?

Possibly because the public may not have enjoyed seeing chimps and dogs sent up before that. (too 'intelligent' for experiments)

 

[SiberianTiger]

But why turtles?

Because of their good potential survivability under heavy G loads during reentry, not having to feed them in the course of flight (totaling 8 days) and just having lots of turtles dwelling right around the launch complex.

 

[Jarvitä]

Good one.

they were probely the only living thing the soviets could get their hands on in Baikonur

A "soviet" is an administrative council. There is no unified denonym for citizens of the USSR.

 

[SiberianTiger]

A "soviet" is an administrative council. There is no unified denonym for citizens of the USSR.

No, that's correct. The word "soviet" was also used to define citizens of the USSR, regardless of their ethnic allegiance. At least, it's the same word in English translation.

 

[ozone]

It seems likely that a number of Turtles orbited the moon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Order_of_Turtles

 

[Quick_Nick]

It seems likely that a number of Turtles orbited the moon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Order_of_Turtles

:lol: I forgot about that! Good one.

 

[Agra Barecasco]

Snake

If it is about no-feeding endurance, why they don't try with a snake? Reptile representative.
or they won the turtle because the "boring" endurance?