http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/2009/05/in-praise-of-space-monkeys-and-tortoises/ AirSpaceMag.com Blog Mon, 20 May 2013 12:26:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/2009/05/in-praise-of-space-monkeys-and-tortoises/comment-page-1/#comment-1969 rnsone Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:34:23 +0000 http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/?p=983#comment-1969 Why is Zond 5 rarely brought up when refuting those who believe the Apollo missions were faked? I think this is undeniable proof that we can survive a trip through the Van Allen radiation belts. Why is Zond 5 rarely brought up when refuting those who believe the Apollo missions were faked? I think this is undeniable proof that we can survive a trip through the Van Allen radiation belts.

]]> http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/2009/05/in-praise-of-space-monkeys-and-tortoises/comment-page-1/#comment-1082 Saturday Scenes » A Lot Faster than the Hare Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:49:12 +0000 http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/?p=983#comment-1082 [...] In praise of space monkeys (and tortoises) | The Daily Planet One of my favorites, though, is the tale of two Russian tortoises (unnamed?) who, along with some meal worms and fruit fly eggs, traveled to the moon onboard the Zond 5 capsule in September 1968. Three months before the Apollo 8 astronauts, they rounded the lunar far side and returned to Earth safe and sound. Tortoises are fairly intelligent creatures, and long-lived. I wonder what happened to them. I like to imagine they’re sitting in some reptile retirement home in Moscow today, shaking their heads and asking each other, “Man, do you believe we did that?” [...] [...] In praise of space monkeys (and tortoises) | The Daily Planet One of my favorites, though, is the tale of two Russian tortoises (unnamed?) who, along with some meal worms and fruit fly eggs, traveled to the moon onboard the Zond 5 capsule in September 1968. Three months before the Apollo 8 astronauts, they rounded the lunar far side and returned to Earth safe and sound. Tortoises are fairly intelligent creatures, and long-lived. I wonder what happened to them. I like to imagine they’re sitting in some reptile retirement home in Moscow today, shaking their heads and asking each other, “Man, do you believe we did that?” [...]

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