Yes, with the poor little dog who was forced on that thing only to starve to death and get burnt alive from atmosphere entry.

I still cant believe the soviets did that it was so mean

I learned about that from an episode of Space Dandy, I was so upset at the U.S.S.R. after learning that.

I learned about it in US history class

It was still awful, they were willing to subject a living being to such horrible conditions and a horrible fate just to outdo the U.S. I think these stupid disputes between countries lead to horrible things that shouldn't happen and don;t need to happen.

Me too

The disputes are pointless, they're just petty pissing contests, and yes with them leading to things that don't need to be.

This replica is consistent with the first Soviet satellite Sputnik 1, which carried no living creatures. Laika flew on Sputnik 2 which had an original mission time of 10 days with a humane euthanization of Laika occurring on the last day. Upon achieving orbit, the common core booster stage failed to separate from Sputnik and thus prevented the operation of the cooling system that was necessary for Laika's survival. At T+7 hours out of 10 days, the mission was terminated as telemetry indicated Laika had succumbed to the intense heating of the capsule by the sun. Sputnik 2 continued on for 162 days, completing 2570 orbits, before reentering the Earth's atmosphere.

As a space enthusiast, I am not disagreeing with the point of the conversation just trying to get the facts straight. :3

Not a problem.