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Outer Space and Rockets

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There’s plenty of room, but there’s no atmosphere

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The Angelic Gospel Singers   “Gotta Find a Better Home”

(48 votes, average: 3.63 out of 5)

Satelite dish

“Out There with Betty Carter”   Peacock’s Progressive Jazz   (1958)   Featuring:  Kenny Dorham, Ray Copeland (tp), Melba Liston (tb), Tommy Gryce, Jimmy Powell (as), Benny Golston, Jerome Richardson (ts), Sahib Shihab (bars), Wynton Kelly (p), Sam Jones, Peck Morrison (b), Specs Wright (d), Betty Carter (vcl)

(50 votes, average: 4.44 out of 5)

Border patrol

Ary Lobo “On the Moon”   RCA Victor

(46 votes, average: 3.22 out of 5)

Rocket jockey

“Thunderbirds & Captain Scarlet”   On One Record!   Presented by Gerry Anderson on Hallmark Records London.   Two BBC TV series from the mid-sixties that were big hits using puppetry and scale-model special effects.

(56 votes, average: 3.79 out of 5)

Teen spirit

Again with the Christians in space?!   “Youth for Christ”   (YFC, don’t cha know).   On Word.

(48 votes, average: 2.38 out of 5)

Aces over

“Jalaito Sabroson”   Los Ases del Ritmo   Tropical Records

(48 votes, average: 3.63 out of 5)

Pick it up in space?

George Otis “How to Receie the Gift of the Holy Spirit”   Bible Voice Records

(62 votes, average: 3.82 out of 5)

Men who launch

“The Conquest of Space”   A conversation between Dr. Wernher von Braun and Willy Ley.   Vox Records.

(45 votes, average: 3.29 out of 5)

Mexico, we have a problem

Los 4 Amigos en el Espacio   Columbia

(47 votes, average: 3.68 out of 5)

Flying pigs

Pinky and Perky in Outer Space   A Columbia UK Ep.

(56 votes, average: 3.70 out of 5)