Amid a flurry of controversy, American scientists announce their plan to send the first living beings into outer space. Two laboratory rats, affectionately named Jefferson and Washington, are to be shot into an orbit around the moon, where they will remain for 36 hours before returning to earth.
July 6, 1957
NASA reports loss of contact with the rocket. It seems that Washington has gnawed through a critical communications cable.
The Present Day
Growing concerns about the rapid increase in the rat population of major cities have not yet been linked with the presence of a large metal object rapidly approaching the earth...
