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title: Survival in Space poster, Tamil edition (Tamil poster distributed in Colombo)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/survival-in-space-tamil-colombo-1959/
description: A two-page photo spread in Tamil 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, Tamil edition (Tamil poster distributed in Colombo)

A two-page photo spread in Tamil 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 (Tamil) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
வானவெளியிலே வாழ்வழி
புறவெளிப் பிரயாணத்திலுள்ள பல்வேறு இடுக்கண்களுக்கும் மனிதன் ஈடு கொடுக்க முடியுமா?
விடை காண்பதற்கு விஞ்ஞானிகளும் வைத்தியர்களும் முயன்று கொண்டிருக்கிறார்கள்...
[body text in six 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 withstand the various hardships of outer-space travel? Scientists and doctors are trying to find the answer. The body text is the Tamil 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.

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