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title: Survival in Space poster, Sinhalese edition (Sinhalese poster distributed in Colombo)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/survival-in-space-sinhalese-colombo-1959/
description: A two-page photo spread in Sinhalese on United States research into human survival in space. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
---

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# Survival in Space poster, Sinhalese edition (Sinhalese poster distributed in Colombo)

A two-page photo spread in Sinhalese on United States research into human survival in space. Photographs show Air Force volunteers in a simulated 'space cabin', a pressure suit, a sealed balloon capsule, a centrifuge and a kitten floating in weightlessness. The text says American scientists are preparing for spaceflight. The tell is transfer: the prestige of science and of the Air Force programme is attached to the United States.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (Sinhalese) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
අභ්‍යවකාශයේ ජීවත්වීම
පීඩාවක් නොමැතිව මිනිසාට අභ්‍යවකාශය තරණය කල හැකිද?
මේ ප්‍රශ්නයට පිළිතුරු දීමට විද්‍යාඥයින් හා වෛද්‍ය විශේෂඥයන් සූදානම් වෙති
[body text in columns: illegible at available resolution]
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Living in outer space (headline as read). Can man cross outer space without hardship? Scientists and medical specialists are working to answer this question. The body text is the Sinhalese version of the English captions on the English edition (NAID 6949103).
```

Headline and deck read from the image; the small-type body captions are not transcribed because they are illegible at the hosted resolution.

[← Lao Police School poster 146, photo set (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/lao-police-school-poster-146-photo-set-lao-vientiane-1959/) [Lao poster No. 1, monks before a Buddha image (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/lao-poster-no-1-monks-before-buddha-image-lao-vientiane-1959/)

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