Leading aviation medicine specialists said it was “highly unlikely thatIran could learn anything scientifically important by sending worms,turtles and a mouse into space via a rocket. The first animal to go tospace was a dog who flew in the Russian space vehicle Sputnik 2 way backin 1957.They noted that the “poor creatures” could easily be dead by the timethey reached space and that it was extremely unlikely that the rocket –with the animals inside – could be recovered and examined. “It’s aone-way ticket,” said one expert.
