shazzbat wrote:
"Mike Lyle" wrote in message
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shazzbat wrote:
SNIP

Recent TV brings to my mind the way in
which the Soviets kept quiet about their space efforts till they
were successful, while the Americans -- for equally good
reasons --
carried theirs out in front of the world's press.


It's good isn't it? what last nights episode brought to mind for
me
was being trooped out of my primary school to stand on the corner
of
the road and wave as Yuri Gagarin drove by on his visit to
Manchester.

I'll never forget that.

Lucky! (But I did buy his record, and still have it.) One of the
rare
cases in which competition really _did_ produce more results than
cooperation would have! (I remember the Express -- I think it
was --
had a front-page cartoon of two old biddies gazing with approval:
"My
dear, I declare that this Major Gagarin is _quite_ as fascinating
as
that Monsieur Bleriot!")

"I aim for ze stars...but sometimes I hit London."

I liked that line. But tell me about Gagarins record please. I
didn't
even know he'd made a record.

Steve

"Yuri Gagaryn v Cosmose" was a seven-inch they put out very quickly
with a recording of some of what he said in orbit, and assorted
amiable propaganda messages on the other side. I don't mean he cut a
deal with EMI, like the later embarrassing jobs from Leonard Nimoy
and Captain Kirk. I got mine at Acott's (for you oldies), and was
struck even at the time by the cheapness of the cover, but I was
nonetheless duly impressed.

--
Mike.