Monkeys Able and Baker became the first monkeys to survive spaceflight after their 1959 flight. On May 28, 1959, aboard Jupiter IRBM AM-18, were a 7-pound (3.18 kg) American-born rhesus monkey, "Able", and an 11 ounce (310 g) black-capped squirrel monkey from Peru, "Baker". The monkeys rode in the nosecone of the missile to an altitude of 360 miles (579 km) and a distance of 1,700 miles (2,735 km) down the Atlantic Missile Range from Cape Canaveral, Florida. They withstood forces 38 times the normal pull of gravity and were weightless for about 9 minutes. A top speed of 10,000 mph (16,093 km/h) was reached during their 16 minute flight. The monkeys survived the flight in good condition. "Able" died four days after the flight (Probably choked by Baker for being a commie?). "Baker" lived until November 29, 1984 at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Can it take off or fly in the space shuttle?
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RayH
Banned
Nuru said:
Give new creedence to the saying "when monkeys fly". It would seem that monkeys can and did fly.
Concerning the "birds in the space shuttle. I would think the bird that would be best suited for life in space would be a pinguin. Probably not much difference between swimming in water and swimming in space.
I'll bet that marine mammals such as seal and sea lion would have a blast in space.
Egon
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Not all birds have hollow bones.
daTeacha
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True 'dat, but the ones that fly do. Bats, on the other hand, manage to fly while pregnant and without feathers. They are somewhat more adept at arial maneuvering than most birds, too. How about bats in space? Since they hang upside down so much, gravity apparently has little effect on their circulation, digestion, or reproduction.
