Commie Pinko Monkeys Might Get to Go to Mars. You think they'll send one to the "face on Mars" and he'll look at it and say, "You blew it up! God damn you! Damn you all to hell!"
I don't think it's cruel to use the monkeys for scientific purposes. Better they perish than an astronaut. Eventually it will pay off, and their lives wouldn't have been lost in vain.
this doesn't quite add up. In the late 50's/early 60's they launched dogs and monkeys. There was still some question about whether man could even live in zero g. Today, for long term studies they have the ISS (and before it, Mir). I think the radiation concerns outside LEO are well understood. They don't need to send an animal to Mars to measure these. This sounds like 60's propaganda. What's up?