On Space Day, the anniversary of the first successful space flight, Farley sneaks into Llewes's atmosphere room and coats the inside of the nozzle of a compressed-gas cylinder with platinum black (finely powdered platinum).
To celebrate Space Day, the day marking the historic achievement of the first manned spaceflight, Farley sneaks into Llewes's air control center and applies a thin layer of platinum powder to the nozzle of a compressed-gas cylinder.