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Flashback to my G.I. Joe Mercury Capsule from the 60’s!
It is the irony of the the very last line that “makes” this strip for me.
Noting the actual craft registered N7162E was a Balloon Works “Firefly 9”, Lake Geneva, WI. Registration cancelled 5/2012
I’m not Asian, but this is pretty much how I grew up…
Echo of the first sci-fi film, Le Voyage Dans la Lun (A Trip to the Moon) by Georges Méliès (1902) Elements of hokey from our modern perspective, but also not that far off from the actual trip.
Love the Hayao Miyazaki homage!
Patience, now, this is too close to home!
Ouch! from someone who thinks 10 year old cars are “just broken in”.
Larry Norman “Only Visiting This Planet” (1972)
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