Space Puppy or Space Kitten?

[Dryson]

https://www-space-com.cdn.ampprojec...e-sperm#referrer=https://www.google.com&csi=0

Since NASA is able to breed mice from frozen mousen reproductive fluids, I'm certain NASA could freeze dog and cat reproductive fluid and store it on the I.S.S. A year later the reproductive fluid is returned to Earth where the fluid is used to breed Space Puppies and Space Kittens with.

What do you think the cost of a Space Puppy or Space Kitten should be?

With almost everyone wanting one, I think $50 for a Space Pup and $40 for a Space Kitten sounds fair.

Would a Space Puppy or Space Kitten be a great comfort pet to have or what?

 

[Finn]

We wouldn't know the difference.

Shady breeders would rip off people.

Oh, and $50 for a pup, and $40 for a kitten is insanely low.

 

[M'Sharak]

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Would a Space Puppy or Space Kitten be a great comfort pet to have or what?

There aren't already enough puppies and kittens factory-farmed for big-box-pet-store sale to families as birthday and Christmas gifts for children, only to be cast off as unwanted a few months later when said children grow bored and start demanding something new? There aren't already enough mass-bred animals produced for sale to families who don't have any idea what a pet is for and only bought one because the neighbor family had one and "competitive material acquisition" effect kicked in? You don't think there are already too many cast-off pets flooding county impoundment centers and animal shelters (to the extend that millions of unadopted animals are destroyed and sent to the dump every year)?

You want to breed even more of them, with the added expense / selling point that they were generated from reproductive material which was first sent to space and then returned to Earth? For more profit and a strictly artificial "demand"?

That's a monstrous idea, and it would be a thoroughly awful thing to do to animals who'd stand a better-than-average chance of being thrown away within a year's time by "owners" who find the responsibility unexpected and greatly inconvenient to their chosen lifestyle.


tl;dr : No. (Or what.)

 

[Miss Chicken]

Sadly, I have decided that my current cat, Georgy, will be my last cat so I will not be getting a space kitty. I am not a dog person which means space puppy is out as well.

 

[LAFR]

Ghost.

Space Ghost.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Ah jeez, he's escaped from the Science & Technology forum again.

 

[Mudd]

https://www-space-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.space.com/amp/space-pups-born-frozen-mouse-sperm?usqp=mq331AQHKAFQArABIA==&amp_js_v=a6&amp_gsa=1#referrer=https://www.google.com&csi=0&ampshare=https://www.space.com/amp/space-pups-born-frozen-mouse-sperm#referrer=https://www.google.com&csi=0

Since NASA is able to breed mice from frozen mousen reproductive fluids, I'm certain NASA could freeze dog and cat reproductive fluid and store it on the I.S.S. A year later the reproductive fluid is returned to Earth where the fluid is used to breed Space Puppies and Space Kittens with.

What do you think the cost of a Space Puppy or Space Kitten should be?

With almost everyone wanting one, I think $50 for a Space Pup and $40 for a Space Kitten sounds fair.

Would a Space Puppy or Space Kitten be a great comfort pet to have or what?

Have you considered mounting laser beams on their heads?

 

[The Wormhole]

Ghost.

Space Ghost.

Coast to Coast

 

[JirinPanthosa]

People would pay more for a kitty just to be able to say their parents semen spent time on the ISS?!

 

[Non Sync]

Considering the cost to deliver and retrieve material from the ISS ($20,000 per kilogram, one way) and costs associated with storage on the station, you would need to charge pretty high fees to cover your costs.

The purpose was to study long term effects in microgravity and were in orbit for six years.

 

[Dryson]

Having a cat or dog who's semen spent time in space would be an exotic pet.

People who want a Space Puppy or Space Kitten would already be more responsible than the average person to begin with.

 

[Non Sync]

Actually, they wouldn't be. Responsible pet owners adopt from shelters getting the "mutt" vs. pure breeds who have been bred to the point where the breed have issues.

It would just be another status symbol to be used as an accessory.

 

[Finn]

Having a cat or dog who's semen spent time in space would be an exotic pet.

People who want a Space Puppy or Space Kitten would already be more responsible than the average person to begin with.

No. Just no.

 

[Oddish]

Oh, and $50 for a pup, and $40 for a kitten is insanely low.

Add about three zeroes to the end of those numbers.

I will adopt my next pet from the local shelter, or rescue it from an owner that no longer wants it (the way I did my last three cats).

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Having a cat or dog who's semen spent time in space would be an exotic pet.

No, it wouldn't.

People who want a Space Puppy or Space Kitten would already be more responsible than the average person to begin with.

People willing to shell out exhorbitant amounts of money for dogs and cats that will be no different from conventional breeds except for the fact that they'll possibly suffer from more debilitating and cruel genetic defects doesn't sound like any definition of responsible I've ever heard of.

 

[Oddish]

No, it wouldn't.

People willing to shell out exhorbitant amounts of money for dogs and cats that will be no different from conventional breeds except for the fact that they'll possibly suffer from more debilitating and cruel genetic defects doesn't sound like any definition of responsible I've ever heard of.

Of course, the sad thing is that there are people out there who will probably buy such things. Having an abundance of money does not always come with an abundance of common sense.

 

[Marc]

Of course, the sad thing is that there are people out there who will probably buy such things. Having an abundance of money does not always come with an abundance of common sense.

and those are people who shouldn't own pets.

 

[Noname Given]

Have you considered mounting laser beams on their heads?

^^^
Do that and a space kitten would literally run itself to death...

 

[Oddish]

and those are people who shouldn't own pets.

No, they just have to do community service in a local humane society. So instead of spending the GDP of some small country to get a space pet/clone/designer breed whatever, they realize the value of an adorable creature with no pedigree whatsoever, who just wants a home.

 

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