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When testing the feasibility of humans in space, tests were first conducted using animals. No animal however was used to test a return Moon journey.
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Already the first sentence is not true. The soviets sent some animals (including turtles) in their Zond (modified Sojuz) spacecraft around the moon and back to Earth before Apollo 8 went.
Harald
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"Flying in space is risky business, but just staying on this planet is risky business too." - John Young, astronaut
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