Thus is created the Ministry of Space, whose mission is to develop British space technology and establish a firm foothold in space for Queen and Empire.
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The story ends in 2001 and involves an American attempt to go into space, and their blackmailing of the British government concerning the secrets of the black budget that funded the Ministry of Space ( which was derived from looting gold reserves from Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust ).
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In his afterword to the series, Ellis speaks of how " Ministry of Space " came to be, after he found in his attic a lost, forgotten copy of the " Dan Dare " comic " The Man From Nowhere ", science fiction comics from the 1950s.
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In his Afterword to " Ministry of Space ", Warren Ellis lists Dan Dare as one of the inspirations for the story, in which Britain forges an ambitious space programme in the decades following World War II . Sir John Dashwood, the central character of " Ministry of Space ", is a cynical version of Dan Dare himself.
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In his Afterword to " Ministry of Space ", Warren Ellis lists Dan Dare as one of the inspirations for the story, in which Britain forges an ambitious space programme in the decades following World War II . Sir John Dashwood, the central character of " Ministry of Space ", is a cynical version of Dan Dare himself.
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During 2001, while coloring issues of " CrossGen Chronicles ", she was able to continue to color issues of " Universe X ", " Planetary ", " JLA " and Ellis & Chris Weston's " Ministry of Space " ( Image ), as well as working on sections of the " Oni Press Color Special 2001 " and " Dark Horse Maverick 2001 ", before the CrossGen exclusivity began, and she worked for Mark Alessi alone throughout the entirety of 2002 and 2003.
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