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Re: The American War on Science (FIRST is on the other side)
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Originally Posted by Amanda Morrison
Sputnik was a Russian satellite launched into space on October 4, 1957. Occuring during the Cold War and the paranoia between the two countries over armaments and nuclear weapons, the decade also marked by McCarthyism in the early 50's and the infamous Red Scare. America was tiptoeing towards the 1960's in terms of technology, but the launch of Sputnik knocked us flat on our backs...
The next Sputnik defeat is right around the corner. America is once again not prepared. I certainly hope a group of people can step up in the face of defeat and make America as proud as NASA did.
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I guess we can hope that the next Sputnik will wake up America enough to realise that we need to get on the ball when it comes to education.
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