Let's not forget some of the Urban myths. For example the "ghost hitchiker" [who a Fan picks up and brings "home" only to disappear leaving a trinket of the encounter] could be anything from Laika [First Dog in Space] to say the Ghost of Christa McAuliffe. Admittedly, many of these will be near-earth orbit, but I think there could be a few Senshi ghost hitchikers after the Fall of Crystal Osaka.
I just like the image of someone spotting a dog in a space suit and bringing it to the VVS, only to have a Soviet flag left behind in their cockpit and the Soviet Airforce disavowing any knowledge of a dog...
Another myth, less spooky: Kaboomite is handwaved Pop Rocks and Cola.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
I just like the image of someone spotting a dog in a space suit and bringing it to the VVS, only to have a Soviet flag left behind in their cockpit and the Soviet Airforce disavowing any knowledge of a dog...
Another myth, less spooky: Kaboomite is handwaved Pop Rocks and Cola.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll