From The Right Stuff:
German Scientist: We could launch a pod.
Lyndon Johnson: A pot?
German Scientist: A POD - a, uh, capsule. Now, we would be in full control of zis pod. It vill go up like a cannonball, and come down like, uh, a cannonball, splashing down into ze water, the ocean, vith a parachute to spare the life of the specimen inside.
Lyndon Johnson: Spaceman?
German Scientist: SPE-CI-MEN.
Lyndon Johnson: Well, what kind of spe-ci-men?
German Scientist: A tough one. Responsive to orders. I had in mind a jimp.
Lyndon Johnson: JIMP? Well what the HELL is a jimp?
German Scientist: A jimp. A-a-a jimpanzee, Senator. An ape.