forever more separates the old from the new" (Aaseng, Nathan p 44). While the Americans were still hitting themselves over the head about losing the satellite race, the Soviets sent Sputnik 2 into orbit on November 2nd 1957, only one month after Sputnik.
             Sputnik 2 was much more than just a satellite, it was larger and carried the first life-form into space, a dog named Laika. Laika was strapped to instruments to measure the effects of space travel on living things. Laika's heartbeat increased rapidly during takeoff but settled once in orbit. The dog survived for 100 hours before the oxygen supply in the satellite began to run out, the dog was painlessly put to sleep by remote control. This was the fi
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