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¥: OUNG Dog Tray whirling around in outer space has caught the imagination of the world. There is a quality in our listening to news of the second satellite that was missing with Sputnik I. Even those who shrugged off the first with "I don’t understand this Moon business" have stopped in wonder at
"A Dog!" A less grudging admiration this time and even a calm nod accepting Professor Massey’s hazard at prophecy, that within a year the Russians may have made contact with the moon. The unknown has been related to the known and sentiment linked to scientific achievement. There was a most sentimental touch to that animal lover’s report from Moscow radio a week or two ago which first announced the Russian intention and seemed over anxious to reassure us about dogs and space travel in general. The signals from Sputnik II carry a personal impact as we think of the space traveller in terms of old Toby
on the mat. But however rational or scientific-minded we may be, as scientist follows scientist with reports to an astonished world, it is difficult to resist a feeling of apprehension and concern for the fellow traveller up above.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 954, 22 November 1957, Page 34
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