This caused baffled officials back on Earth including President Lancelot R. Gilligrass to accuse the group of being foreign enemies.

The Elevator, having circled around the Earth, braves the swarm of Vermicious Knids to tow the damaged Capsule out of danger.

Wonka offers them rejuvenation pills called "Wonka-Vite", but they overdose resulting in George and Josephine becoming babies and Georgina vanishing, having become -2 years old.

Immediately afterwards, Wonka gets a letter from President Gilligrass, thanking everyone for their heroic efforts and inviting them to the White House.

Schmidt wrote the book Abeltje 19 years earlier, later adapted into the film The Flying Liftboy, with a similar storyline.