AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Sputnik: the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik 50 years ago this month shocked America. How did it come about that the United States failed to beat the Soviets, and what is the legacy of Sputnik for us today?(HISTORY--PAST AND PERSPECTIVE)
Georg Hegel, the German philosopher, once remarked that the owl of Minerva flies only at dusk. The owl, in this case a symbol of knowledge that accompanied the Roman goddess of wisdom, represented the understanding that we learn the true meaning of an event only after sufficient time has passed. Such is the case with the launching of the world's first man-made orbital satellite. When the Soviets launched Sputnik on October 4, 1957, the United States was plunged into a state of fear and panic which effected profound changes in American society.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
To the American public, and the politicians who would later prey upon their fears, the ...
- OCTOBER 4, 1957.(Reactions in United States to Sputnik launch by the USSR)
- Magazine article from: Airport Business Hood, Ralph September 1, 2007 700+ words
...1957, the USSR launched Sputnik and the world changed...particularly in the United States. Those of us who were...adulthood but aware of Sputnik and vaguely aware of...between the end of WWII and Sputnik, there was one country...
- United States: Swiss Manufacturer Sputnik Engineering Develops New Solar...
- News wire article from: TendersInfo July 18, 2009 700+ words
Byline: sandesh03 Sputnik Engineering AG says it has developed its SolarMax 330C-SV central...and works in a maximum power point range between 450 V and 800 V. Sputnik Engineering notes that as many as three SolarMax 330C-SVs can be...
- The Real Sputnik Story.(Science)
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Begley, Sharon October 8, 2007 700+ words
...monitor it. Sputnik passed over the United States twice before...press seized on Sputnik to pummel Ike for letting the United States fall behind...have given the United States vastly more...4, 1958, Sputnik re-entered...
- One giant leap.(Editorials)(Sputnik changed the country, and the...
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) October 4, 2007 700+ words
...beating the United States into space. Sputnik's launch 50...innovations that Sputnik helped bring about in the United States. The United...would replace the United States' high-altitude...surveillance aircraft. Sputnik established the...
- Happy anniversary, traveling companion!(GUEST EDITORIAL)(50th anniversary of...
- Magazine article from: Science Scope Llewellyn, Douglas September 1, 2007 700+ words
...that time the United States tended to dismiss...capabilities, Sputnik beat us into...reaction to Sputnik. Some people...prestige of the United States. Others called...warhead into the United States. The Sputnik launch suggested...
- NOT LOST IN SPACE; NEW HAVEN MOONWATCHERS WERE FIRST TO SPOT SPUTNIK AS SOVIET...
- Newspaper article from: New Haven Register Abram Katz September 16, 2007 700+ words
...three days after sputnik's launch by making...in the continental United States. What looked like...astronomer, saw sputnik streak by. From...confirmed observation of sputnik in the continental United States. They called their...
- Sputnik 50th Anniversary is October 4.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 25, 2007 700+ words
...Paul Dickson, author of Sputnik: The Shock of the Century...authority on the space race. SPUTNIK MANIA is based on his book...Monday, October 1 The Sputnik Moment: Lessons for 21st...The Atlantic Council of the United States (http://www.acus...
- Business, Science and Political Leaders Mark the 50th Anniversary of the Launch...
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 2, 2007 700+ words
...Atlantic Council of the United States and Business Roundtable...co-hosted "The Sputnik Moment: Lessons...Atlantic Council of the United States The Atlantic Council of the United States (www.acus.org...leaders. About Sputnik Mania Created from...
Source: HighBeam Research, Sputnik: the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik 50 years ago this month...