# Sputnik, Sputnik, Who's Got The Sputnik?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sputnik-sputnik-whos-got-the-sputnik/179639>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 4, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sputnik-sputnik-whos-got-the-sputnik/179639 "2003-06-04T16:47:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sputnik-sputnik-whos-got-the-sputnik/179639/1 "2003-06-04T16:47:04Z")

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Talk about having “solid brass b\*lls”…

[LINK](http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/06/04/sputnik.ebay.reut/index.html)

Online Auction Houses™ (you know who I mean) are _truly_ the Fence/Fraud brokers to the world…

I wonder…did they take the dried up, mummified Laika out first?

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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sputnik-sputnik-whos-got-the-sputnik/179639/2 "2003-06-04T17:34:53Z")

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😕 I thought the UN had Sputnik in the lobby?

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sputnik-sputnik-whos-got-the-sputnik/179639/3 "2003-06-04T17:51:58Z")

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There is a replica at the Air and Space museum in DC.

If you read the article you would see that the “real” one, the one launched into space, burned up upon re-entry. This _may_ be a model, a mock-up, or an unsed sputnik, or a total fraud.  
I’m pretty Laika burned up as well.

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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sputnik-sputnik-whos-got-the-sputnik/179639/4 "2003-06-04T18:32:53Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Zebra \*  
> \*\*There is a replica at the Air and Space museum in DC.
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> If you read the article you would see that the “real” one, the one launched into space, burned up upon re-entry. This _may_ be a model, a mock-up, or an unsed sputnik, or a total fraud.  
> I’m pretty Laika burned up as well. \*\*

I did read it, but it made no mention of the one I swear I saw in the UN lobby, hence the confusion. I haven’t been to the UN in maybe 15 years or so. Perhaps it was a travelling exhibit or one of the 4 backups that I saw.

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**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sputnik-sputnik-whos-got-the-sputnik/179639/5 "2003-06-04T18:37:01Z")

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Let’s pool our money and bid on it!

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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sputnik-sputnik-whos-got-the-sputnik/179639/6 "2003-06-04T18:49:54Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Encinitas \*  
> \*\*Let’s pool our money and bid on it! \*\*

I’m in for $0.65.

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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sputnik-sputnik-whos-got-the-sputnik/179639/7 "2003-06-04T20:28:53Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Zebra \*  
> \*\*I’m pretty Laika burned up as well. \*\*

Yes, but she was dead at the time. There were no plans of recovering the capsule and [this site](http://www.space.com/news/laika_anniversary_991103.html) detail the most prevalent story surrounding her demise. [This site](http://www.space.com/news/laika_anniversary_991103.html) OTOH discounts the ‘failed to separate’ part of the story. In either event, the satellite remained in orbit nearly six months and she was long dead before it burned up on re-entry.

DD