Akane Miura quotes Yuri Gagarin on the subject of space travel: "Hajimete uchuu kara chikyuu wo mita Gagarin wa, chikyuu wa aoi beiruu wo totta hanayome na you da date" ("When he first saw Earth from space, Gagarin said it was like a bride wearing a blue veil"). Actually, Gagarin said: "The Earth's halo was startling too - a blue, very thin hazy band by the horizon as if covered in veil."