The DU Lounge

On display at The Exposition for Economic Achievement. I was there with my grandmother and the peace group she joined for their first visit to their "sister town." When the exhibition guide started talking about the cosmonauts having to be carried off their first spaceships because their muscles had atrophied, I felt woozy and went outside for some air and she followed me like she couldn't understand what was wrong with me. The replica that bothered me the most was of Laika, the first dog in space - because they didn't yet have the technology to bring her back.