50 years ago, Sputnik started the space race

[George P Burdell]

:wine: for space travel!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7027199.stm

 

[So]

:beer:

Agreed.

 

[nineball9]

An article in the current issue of Newsweek claims a lot of the Sputnik "shock" was really hype. Newsweek article

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: nineball9
An article in the current issue of Newsweek claims a lot of the Sputnik "shock" was really hype. Newsweek article

I quote:

'The shock and panic, misplaced as it was, did light a fire under the American space program. Without Sputnik there would have been no Apollo program, no race to the moon, no 1969 landing.'

Seems like the article is saying it was of minor significance...

That is an amazingly annoying website