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Saturday, 28 October 2023

Spacemen!

Dear Moonbase,

I thought that you might be interested to know that the spacemen that you show - in Wotan's C to Shining C - were given away as free gifts with Kellogs Rice Krispies; see:


They were designed by Len Carter, then the Executive Secretary of the British Interplanetary Society (of which I am a Fellow); the ship in the background in the advert above is the BIS Moonship; see:


Oddly enough, instead of using the BIS space suit as a model, Len Carter used a suit drawn by Fred L Wolff for "Worlds in Space" by Martin Caidin:


Hope this is of interest!
Grif
UK
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6 comments:

  1. Baron Greystone10/29/2023 1:08 am

    I would've bought an awful lot of Rice Crispies to get those astronauts.

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  2. Paul Adams from New Zealand10/29/2023 1:07 am

    It certainly is of interest. Thank you.

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  3. Arto10/29/2023 3:13 am

    Interesting read, also about the BIS Moonship. Thank you!

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  4. Anonymous10/29/2023 10:03 am

    That's great to know Grif, I was aware of the cereal connection, but not the designer! wonderful stuff, thank you Bill

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  5. lewis p morley10/29/2023 8:13 pm

    To my shame, I was wondering what the BIS had been up to recently. Reading through their website, I found many fascinating articles all powered by thought, rather than massive funding! I've certainly bookmarked it for future returns to the outer space of the mind!

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  6. Anonymous10/30/2023 6:08 am

    A very different take
    https://narrativepainting.net/eddy-stevens-moonspace-project-7-2017/

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