Card of the Day - 2021-10-02

Saturday's clue referred simply to Russia, which was the first country in Space, sent the first man into space (Yuri Gagarin) and also sent the first woman (Valentina Tereshkova). The simple truth is that it was not for Russia, we may never have blasted off into space, for what was known as The Space Race was entirely caused by President Kennedy trying to beat them and claim the honour for America - if there had been no opponent, there would have been no race, and things would probably have meandered along until the entire plan was abandoned. But having a race was infectious, and you can see that on cards, how space starts appearing at the end of cards for aviation and speed, and then for entire sets.