A review by mominanm
The Land of Steady Habits by Ted Thompson

3.0

"You know what the scientist in charge of that project said about it forty years later? He was one of those Soviet guys with a goatee and a lab coat, and he said, 'Nothing we learned on that mission could justify the loss of that beautiful animal.'"
"Really?"
"Google it. Laika was a stray and the scientists became really close to her. They, like, raised her."
Anders looked back at the page, the dog strapped down to that table. "That's heartbreaking."