Excellent Soviet space program matchbook covers from the 1950s

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I didn’t know you could smoke in space?

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In case anyone is interested, they read: “In space” “To Mars” and “First Sputnik”, L-R

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Wouldn’t that fully translate as “First Satellite”?

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Right you are.

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Спасибо !

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Long live space race!
And long live Molvania!

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Technically yes, but the word has also come to mean a proper noun – in Russian as well as English – and the “artificial” was implied rather than explicitly stated.

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That’s a common misunderstanding because in space no one can hear you smoke.

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In the 50’s and 60’s you could smoke everywhere!

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When orbiting at 17000 mph… one is definitely smokin’.

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