How much would you pay to go to the moon?

WP. Thanks bit no thanks. I wouldn’t go for free.

Instead, let me turn the attention to Laika, the first living creature to orbit Earth on soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2, on Sunday November 3rd 1957.

Taken from the streets of Moscow and chosen for her small size and temperament, this poor dog, part samoyed or husky/ terrier, was never intended to remain alive.

Laika was given one meal and seven days’ worth of oxygen.

Soviet officials claimed she survived for several days, but decades later, it was revealed she died within hours of stress and overheating….