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Gallery Package - Space according to PUNCH
SPACE RACE    |    LEAD UP    |    LIFT OFF    |    SPUTNIK    |    TOURISTS

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(Punch cover with sputnik satellites on it)
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“I see we got our moon rock samples without any risk to human life.”
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“On the other hand it may be just a dodge for keeping out of rockets.”
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"“What’s all the fuss about? After all, it got them there and brought them back.”"
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"“Frankly comrade, I don’t think bringing back the heel of a space boot and what looks like the remains of Armstrong’s lunch is a great step forward for Soviet science.”"
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(A ladder standing on the top of a rocket's service tower holds up the moon)
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The new imperialists
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"“Bit of an unscientific gesture that, after twenty-four billion dollars on research and development.”"
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&quotPunch (front cover, 20 March 1963)"
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(Two American astronauts on the moon reading a sign written in Russian saying 'Skram')
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"“You simply can’t trust the Americans—nothing but talk about the space race, scientific development, industrial progress and all the time they were growing wheat like crazy.”"
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The Taskmasters
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“Hello operator! I keep getting Telstar.”
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"“We are all immensely proud of them all—Gagarin, Titov, Glenn, Bernard Lovell, Nikolayev, Popovich...”"
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&quotOperation rendezvous. 'Right a bit, Nikita.' 'Left a bit, Jack.'"
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“We’re one up on the Russkis. An electric razor is now standard equipment.”
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'I can't see any frontiers from up here.'
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“Where the hell’ve you been?”
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"“The food wasn’t bad really. We had that concentrated stuff, and there were a lot of rats and mice and plants and things for extras.”"
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“How long will it be until the damned thing stops orbiting?”
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“Mrs Martin is absolutely convinced that her husband is in outer space.”
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(A monkey as an instructor takes an astronaut to his rocket ship for a flying lesson)
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"“Here are your rations for the trip—tomato soup, boiled beef and carrots, home-made apple pie, and the one on the end is toothpaste.”"
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“Amazing increase in volunteers to be shot into space since the summit failure.”
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"“Fly away Peter, fly away Paul, re-enter Peter, re-enter Paul.”"
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"“It’s a white feather, that’s what it is!”"
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'I think we've solved the problem of re-entry.'
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"'What shall it profit a man, if...?'"
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(Astronauts arrive on the moon and find the dark side missing)
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"“Miss, you forgot to put the sputnik on the top.”"
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"“Circling round the earth, boys, at a speed of 19,000 miles per hour at a height of anything from 400 to 2,500 miles...”"
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(A Soviet scientist checks off a list as animals climb two-by-two into a Sputnik satellite)
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"“Actually, they’re spin-offs from a project to produce heat-resistant kitchenware.”"
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(Satellite Explorer 1 appears on the American flag as a new star)
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"“Nothing to worry about, silly—it’s not a Sputnik, only a patrolling U.S. H-bomber.”"
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“I can see it coming—national emergency—direction of labour—me and you up and down them little lines on Mars...”
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(Poor Russian peasants look proudly for Sputnik 1)
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'What's the hurry?'
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“...and this one will ward off re-entering nose-cones.”
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'Say when'
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"“And in a matter of minutes, Dr Woolley, the Sputnik will leave the earth’s atmosphere and penetrate Utter Bilge.”"
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"(Lovers embrace by moonlight, but the moon is a US satellite)"
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"“Goodness, whatever’s the matter with Rover?”"
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(Would-be astronaut ties himself to a bottle rocket and lights the fuse)
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Bubbles
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(An old-fashioned flying machine comes across a flying saucer)
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"“I’m S X 32 IV of the First Unmanned Test Rocket, sir, and I’ve found a local variety of banana that’s wonderfully stimulating to the intelligence.”"
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(A rocket ship carries the three wise monkeys into space)
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(A young boy guides his bottle rocket via radio control)
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(A rocket bearing a learner driver's 'L' plate streaks through the cosmos)
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"'Don't blame me, but you're stepping out of a rocket on the surface of the moon.'"
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