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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)

10-03-2007


The Sputnik moment
By PAUL DICKSON
Date: 10-03-2007, Wednesday
Section: OPINION
Edtion: All Editions


FIFTY years ago tomorrow, the world woke to the dawning of the Space Age when the first artificial Earth-circling satellite was successfully launched by the Soviet Union.

At first Sputnik filled us with awe and wonder, but soon the realization that the Soviets had rockets powerful enough to ...

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