In the space age 60's, robots were a popular source of futuristic humor. Robotics and the products created would become mainstream within a generation. Roomba, anyone?
The jazzy opening score nods at two popular, even intertwined, themes in media at the time: the space race, and espionage.
The futuristic cheese mine has a factory whistle painted like an earth fly agaric toadstool, known for its distinctive red and white head.
The cartoon title is a play on the command (oft used in the military), Advance and be recognized!
The mine is likely based on the old speculation that the moon was made of various shades of cheese.