Mikey: October 2007 Archives
Fup, the feline-in-residence at Powell's Technical Books died this weekend at the fantastic old age of 19.
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Oh hai. In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat maded the skiez An da Urfs, but he did not eated it.
Da Urfs no had shapez An haded dark face, An Ceiling Cat rode invisible bike over teh waterz.
Félix, the first cat in space!
France launched a black and white stray tomcat of the Paris streets on October 18, 1963, on Veronique AGI sounding rocket No. 47 from the Hammaguir test range in Algeria. Was it a male named Felix. Or a female named Felicette? Whichever, it was the first cat in space as the capsule in the rocket's nose cone separated at 120 miles altitude and descended by parachute. Electrodes in the cat's brain transmitted neurological impulses to a ground station. The cat was recovered. Another cat flight on October 24, 1963, failed and was not recovered. Flights were directed by France's Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherches de Medecine Aeronautique (CERMA).
