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Read more: https://astronomy.com/news/2021/02/apes-robots-and-men-the-life-and-death-of-the-first-space-chimp
TIL 50 years ago, Ham the chimp was launched into space, where he experienced up to 14.7g during a six-minute freefall. He survived his ocean splashdown (although he nearly drown before rescue crews arrived) and lived 20 more years at a zoo in Washington D.C.
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The whole 20 more years, he was probably like “What the fuck was that one time….?”
You think a being that went through all of that, deserved to be in a fucking zoo for 20 years?
He was coerced into it by the man in the yellow hat.
Most bad ass Moneky!
1961 was 60 years ago… not 50.
Damn, Ham, you had quite a slam.
Gonna glide past his name was Ham?
He never stopped telling everyone about it.