Wasn't the first primate in space a chimp? They trained it to accomplish simple tasks (push a button when the green light goes on, pull a handle when the yellow light goes on, turn a knob when the blue light goes on, etc) using banana paste every time it achieved the right sequence.
It was a Rhesus monkey, Albert II. Back in 1959 scientists stuffed a rhesus monkey into a Nazi built V2 and shot it (and its payload) up to 80 miles or so. The monkey died of asphyxiation and the parachute failed, making the landing a bit rough.
As I remember it, there wasn't anything special about the monkey. They just bought it at a pet store, and away we go.
Them's some high yellers a'drivin that Boeing. There's probably a case to be made that lighter skin relates to higher IQ, but you'd get crucified for saying it.
I remember a year or two back… it was a thing for awhile. Black ground crew and baggage handlers were getting sucked into the racist jet engine intakes and getting puréed….😂
Amazing what can be accomplished with opposable thumbs.
ReplyDeleteOn the feet too - an important evolutionary advantage!
DeleteHAR HAR HAR!!!
Wasn't the first primate in space a chimp? They trained it to accomplish simple tasks (push a button when the green light goes on, pull a handle when the yellow light goes on, turn a knob when the blue light goes on, etc) using banana paste every time it achieved the right sequence.
ReplyDeleteIt was a Rhesus monkey, Albert II. Back in 1959 scientists stuffed a rhesus monkey into a Nazi built V2 and shot it (and its payload) up to 80 miles or so. The monkey died of asphyxiation and the parachute failed, making the landing a bit rough.
DeleteAs I remember it, there wasn't anything special about the monkey. They just bought it at a pet store, and away we go.
HAR HAR HAR!!!
DeleteOh gawd... I am going to get shuttered again.... HAR HAR HAR!!!
I was waitin for the fireball in the cockpit and fade to black, then to some other vid of the crash! Bastids!!!
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Probably gooble AI simulation
ReplyDeleteThem's some high yellers a'drivin that Boeing. There's probably a case to be made that lighter skin relates to higher IQ, but you'd get crucified for saying it.
ReplyDeleteI remember a year or two back… it was a thing for awhile. Black ground crew and baggage handlers were getting sucked into the racist jet engine intakes and getting puréed….😂
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