I partly agree with you and partly with Judith. I wouldn't say that this is an "Epic Fail" on Wil's side, however, these are two innocent cratures that don't know what's happening to them, being used by a person who doesn't care. Even considering Wil's irony (or palpable sense of WTF?!, which is the best descrption of it) and even considering that these are experiments for the early space program (so the purpose might be noble), this picture is not really funny. Maybe the animals wheren't harmed in the end, which I doubt, but thinking about the poor creatures makes me cringe.

It seldom happens to me, but I really, really hate living in Europe now. Must invent teleport now! Attending Wootstock would be the only reason I would let a machine ddisgregate me in one place and rebuild me in another place. Ever.