Comments on: Space monkeys appreciated http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 01:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: muis http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-507929 muis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-507929 Someone named Laura painted a few great cards on the subject: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauracb/sets/72157603474168598/ Someone named Laura painted a few great cards on the subject:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauracb/sets/72157603474168598/

]]> By: nosehat http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-508442 nosehat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508442 @#16 Fred H: That might not be <i>exactly</i> the one I was thinking of, but it's certainly close enough to count. Thanks! @#16 Fred H: That might not be exactly the one I was thinking of, but it’s certainly close enough to count. Thanks!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-507936 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-507936 I saw Miss Baker several times at the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville as well. IIRC, she lived there with some other rhesus monkeys until her death. Her grave marker is right outside one of the entrances now. I saw Miss Baker several times at the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville as well. IIRC, she lived there with some other rhesus monkeys until her death. Her grave marker is right outside one of the entrances now.

]]> By: dekonstruktr http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-507949 dekonstruktr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-507949 Think about the animals used in product testing. Think about the monkeys shot into space. "Without their death, their pain, without the sacrifice," Tyler says, "we would have nothing." Think about the animals used in product testing. Think about the monkeys shot into space.

“Without their death, their pain, without the sacrifice,” Tyler says, “we would have nothing.”

]]> By: muis http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-508227 muis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508227 @#21: I think you have to choose being a hero to be one. If you don't, or if you can't, you're (almost) a commodity: a poor monkey sent to space to help the USA win the space race, or a poor dog sent to space to help the USSR on the same goal. In the end, is just a sign of our selfish morale: inflicting stress, pain and death on a few animals is a good thing if it bennefits the human kind. @#21: I think you have to choose being a hero to be one. If you don’t, or if you can’t, you’re (almost) a commodity: a poor monkey sent to space to help the USA win the space race, or a poor dog sent to space to help the USSR on the same goal. In the end, is just a sign of our selfish morale: inflicting stress, pain and death on a few animals is a good thing if it bennefits the human kind.

]]> By: Nycteris http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-507973 Nycteris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-507973 And in Night at the Museum 2 they called Abel a Capuchin. Of all the little details to bother getting WRONG. And in Night at the Museum 2 they called Abel a Capuchin. Of all the little details to bother getting WRONG.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-508504 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508504 http://dumpalink.com/videos/Robot-Chicken-Monkeys-in-Outer-Space-aab5.html http://dumpalink.com/videos/Robot-Chicken-Monkeys-in-Outer-Space-aab5.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-508001 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508001 Does anybody else find it strange that the monkeys seem to be named after the two atomic bomb tests that too place during operation crossroads? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crossroads Does anybody else find it strange that the monkeys seem to be named after the two atomic bomb tests that too place during operation crossroads?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crossroads

]]> By: redrichie http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-508259 redrichie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508259 This would have been awesome if the post had just consisted of the title! Primates in space! Manna from heaven! This would have been awesome if the post had just consisted of the title!

Primates in space! Manna from heaven!

]]> By: Xopher http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-508264 Xopher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508264 Anonymous 15: <a href="http://www.olive-drab.com/od_phonetic_alphabet.php">They aren't.</a> Anonymous 15: They aren’t.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-508265 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508265 Russia was putting up monkeys as late as 1997: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeys_in_space Russia was putting up monkeys as late as 1997:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeys_in_space

]]> By: InsertFingerHere http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-508534 InsertFingerHere Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508534 This is actually a photo from a 1953 experiment done in Russia. They were trying to gain some footing in nano-bot healing technology. What we see here is a Tepukin H7 anal-capsule. The survival rate for both prototype and patient were never published. This is actually a photo from a 1953 experiment done in Russia. They were trying to gain some footing in nano-bot healing technology. What we see here is a Tepukin H7 anal-capsule.

The survival rate for both prototype and patient were never published.

]]> By: Fred H http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-508044 Fred H Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508044 Nosehat, ROBINSON CARUSO ON MARS? Nosehat,
ROBINSON CARUSO ON MARS?

]]> By: the_boy http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-509840 the_boy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-509840 So, time to show off my youth: Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys, anyone? Man that show was awesome! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Simian So, time to show off my youth: Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys, anyone? Man that show was awesome!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Simian

]]> By: Fred H http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-508049 Fred H Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508049 Once again, the French, while lagging behind in rocket technology, defeat us in the fashion world with their test monkey rocking stylish striped sleeveless shirts. Once again, the French, while lagging behind in rocket technology, defeat us in the fashion world with their test monkey rocking stylish striped sleeveless shirts.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-508054 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508054 Space Monkey Mafia! Space Monkey Mafia!

]]> By: Ian_McLoud http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-507809 Ian_McLoud Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-507809 After looking at the picture and headline, my first instinct was to cringe at the fact that these cute monkeys had died. The didn't, phew. That being said, that little monkey does <b>not</b> look happy. As such, I was a little bit forlorn and went to my favorite monkey-chaser site: <i>Monkey Helpers for the Disabled is a national nonprofit serving quadriplegic and other people with severe spinal cord injuries or mobility-impairments by providing highly trained monkeys to assist with daily activities.</i>: http://www.monkeyhelpers.org/ourfamily/monkeys/gallery/ The first pic in the third gallery is my personal favorite. After looking at the picture and headline, my first instinct was to cringe at the fact that these cute monkeys had died. The didn’t, phew. That being said, that little monkey does not look happy.

As such, I was a little bit forlorn and went to my favorite monkey-chaser site:
Monkey Helpers for the Disabled is a national nonprofit serving quadriplegic and other people with severe spinal cord injuries or mobility-impairments by providing highly trained monkeys to assist with daily activities.:
http://www.monkeyhelpers.org/ourfamily/monkeys/gallery/

The first pic in the third gallery is my personal favorite.

]]> By: ryuthrowsstuff http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-508067 ryuthrowsstuff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508067 The creepiest part is that Baker and Able are both stuffed and mounted in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. Scared the hell out of me as a kid. Baker is still mounted in that little capsule with a horrified look on her little face. The creepiest part is that Baker and Able are both stuffed and mounted in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. Scared the hell out of me as a kid. Baker is still mounted in that little capsule with a horrified look on her little face.

]]> By: mortis http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-508076 mortis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508076 just reminds me of poor old Laika: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika <strong>"Sputnik 2 was not designed to be retrievable, and Laika had always been intended to die."</strong> :( <strong>^m^</strong> just reminds me of poor old Laika:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika

“Sputnik 2 was not designed to be retrievable, and Laika had always been intended to die.” :(

^m^

]]> By: IWood http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-507824 IWood Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-507824 I want to be sad for the monkey. But the monkey went into space. <br /> <br /> <br /> <i>I've</i> never been to space. I want to be sad for the monkey. But the monkey went into space.

I’ve never been to space.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-507828 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-507828 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_threat_from_cosmic_rays http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_threat_from_cosmic_rays

]]> By: IWood http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-507833 IWood Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-507833 Do not taunt happy fun space desire. Do not taunt happy fun space desire.

]]> By: wolfiesma http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-507844 wolfiesma Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-507844 This is a really cute book. http://www.amazon.com/Curious-George-Rocket-H-Rey/dp/0618120696/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243924901&sr=8-2 This is a really cute book.
http://www.amazon.com/Curious-George-Rocket-H-Rey/dp/0618120696/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243924901&sr=8-2

]]> By: nosehat http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-507855 nosehat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-507855 @#2 IWood: Yeah, I feel the same way. Lucky bastard monkey! @#2 IWood: Yeah, I feel the same way. Lucky bastard monkey!

]]> By: danegeld http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-507863 danegeld Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-507863 Does anyone here remember the quantum leap episode where Sam is one of these monkeys?? Does anyone here remember the quantum leap episode where Sam is one of these monkeys??

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-507864 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-507864 I was lucky to see Miss Baker in her plexiglass cubicle in Huntsville; I wonder if she stayed their all night when they cut off the lights. Also there, a prototype of a vector graphics lunar lander video game that video game collectors swear up and down did not exist UNTIL after it was commercially available elsewhere. But I didn't see anything approaching it for years, on the home front or professional arcade front.. I was lucky to see Miss Baker in her plexiglass cubicle in Huntsville; I wonder if she stayed their all night when they cut off the lights. Also there, a prototype of a vector graphics lunar lander video game that video game collectors swear up and down did not exist UNTIL after it was commercially available elsewhere. But I didn’t see anything approaching it for years, on the home front or professional arcade front..

]]> By: gnosis http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-510424 gnosis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-510424 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKC7RCb1H_o">A theme song</a> for them. A theme song for them.

]]> By: nosehat http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-507866 nosehat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-507866 @#7: I've never seen Quantum Leap, so no. However, I've got a half memory that there <i>is</i> a classic sci-fi image of a space-suited monkey looking out at a star field with a discernible simian sense of wonder in his eyes. It's from a movie, or a movie poster, or maybe it's cover art for a novel? Alas, I can't remember the details that would actually help me find it, and this is bugging the hell out of me. :P Anyone have any suggestions as to what it might be? @#7: I’ve never seen Quantum Leap, so no.

However, I’ve got a half memory that there is a classic sci-fi image of a space-suited monkey looking out at a star field with a discernible simian sense of wonder in his eyes. It’s from a movie, or a movie poster, or maybe it’s cover art for a novel? Alas, I can’t remember the details that would actually help me find it, and this is bugging the hell out of me. :P Anyone have any suggestions as to what it might be?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-508126 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508126 I was also privileged to see Miss Baker at the Space & Rocket Center during an elementary school field trip. I look back on it as something of a pilgrimage. She was well cared for and loved; not a bad retirement at all. Willing or not, she and Abel were heroes, paving the way for human exploration of space. I was also privileged to see Miss Baker at the Space & Rocket Center during an elementary school field trip. I look back on it as something of a pilgrimage. She was well cared for and loved; not a bad retirement at all. Willing or not, she and Abel were heroes, paving the way for human exploration of space.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/01/space-monkeys-apprec.html#comment-508404 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-508404 The names Able and Baker like the Atomic bombs at crossroads are literally just counting. The army callsign alphabet back in the fifties and sixties started Able, Baker, Charlie.... The names Able and Baker like the Atomic bombs at crossroads are literally just counting. The army callsign alphabet back in the fifties and sixties started Able, Baker, Charlie….

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