Talk:Monkeys and apes in space

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Died soon after landing

What are the reasons for the deaths shortly after landing? Injuries from a bad landing? Shock? --81.178.135.207 01:15, 23 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Gordo

I've added what should be enough content to the page on Gordo to warrant its own page. I feel that adding this information to this summary page would do more harm then good. Unless anyone has an issue with it I'll remove the merge tag GreatGodOm 18:26, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine. Can you do a fact check on it? Check out earlier revisions and you'll notice the article creator claiming that the monkey actually faked the crash and defected to the Soviets. :) I hold the entire article suspect. ccwaters 19:07, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've placed three sources at the bottom of the page which should be accurate enough. All the facts, as they are now, are sourced GreatGodOm 16:41, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

primate

Primates are monkeys, chimpanzees are primates... I removed the Not Monkeys part where it says "they were chimpanzees" please read the Primate page for clarifation if needed. Maybe we should rename the page "Primates in space"? I think it would be more accurate... we could have monkeys in space redirect... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.158.133.194 (talk) 11:02, 29 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

*or even "lesser Primates in space"?

Actions in Space

Were any of the monkeys trained to do anything, for example, hit a button if a light comes on, or were they all just passive passengers?

More information is necessary on how the monkeys were trained, verbal commands? Pavlov training? electrical shock? radio transmissions on altering frequencies? sound response, etc.? am_curiousity2000 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.168.182.192 (talk) 03:34, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Biased

The last line of the Soviet/Russian section is clearly biased and has no factual basis. It is in stark contrast to the Wikipedia article on Soviet Space Dogs which uses facts and references to show a higher survival rate in their programs. It hsould be removed.

76.168.248.13 06:46, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Philippine monkeys"

Patricia and Mike from the 1952 Aerobee flights were "Philippine macaques".[1] The only macaque of the Philippines is Macaca fascicularis.[2] The term "cynomolgus" applies to the same species.[3] I'll fix the article accordingly. --Cam (talk) 05:46, 31 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Argentina

This section is problematic. I found a reference that it seems to be based on: [4] but I cannot judge the reliability of this source. The section is filled with rocket types and monkey species unknown to Wikipedia and rocket launch dates unknown to Encyclopedia Astronautica. Perhaps the section was badly translated (the monkey type may be a cebus species). Anyone have any further sources for this? Did any of these flights actually reach 100km? Rmhermen (talk) 21:41, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This may be the original and more reliable source: [5] but, while they are almost exact copies, the first claims the first claims that the first Argentine monkey flight reached a height of 60 km and a total flight time of 8 min while this second source says it only went to 30 km but took 21 minutes total. Rmhermen (talk) 21:59, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Last comment

I see a little bit of wiki graffiti at the end of the article - "monkeys have long tails" - but can't see it in the source code to remove it, not being a wiki expert this is the edge of my understanding so can't fix it... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.227.79.25 (talk) 15:43, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Albert" V2 flights -- was death on impact planned or an accident

The United States section mentions that of the four "Albert" V2 flights, two monkeys died during the flight and the other two died on impact. The suffocation and explosion were presumably accidents, but what about the impacts? Did parachutes malfunction, or where they not even installed? -- 124.157.218.5 (talk) 11:36, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]