Aukiman
2nd October 2007, 09:47 AM
Interesting Article about the TRUTH behind the sputnik endeavour :)
When Sputnik took off 50 years ago, the world gazed at the heavens in awe and apprehension, watching what seemed like the unveiling of a sustained Soviet effort to conquer space and score a stunning Cold War triumph.
But 50 years later, it emerges that the momentous launch was far from being part of a well-planned strategy to demonstrate communist superiority over the West. Instead, the first artificial satellite in space was a spur-of-the-moment gamble driven by the dream of one scientist, whose team scrounged a rocket, slapped together a satellite and persuaded a dubious Kremlin to open the space age . . .
Read More [ H E R E . . . (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070930/ap_on_sc/sput nik_s_secrets;_ylt=Am46sP_7sUmK8ip0AA74awOs0NUE) ]
When Sputnik took off 50 years ago, the world gazed at the heavens in awe and apprehension, watching what seemed like the unveiling of a sustained Soviet effort to conquer space and score a stunning Cold War triumph.
But 50 years later, it emerges that the momentous launch was far from being part of a well-planned strategy to demonstrate communist superiority over the West. Instead, the first artificial satellite in space was a spur-of-the-moment gamble driven by the dream of one scientist, whose team scrounged a rocket, slapped together a satellite and persuaded a dubious Kremlin to open the space age . . .
Read More [ H E R E . . . (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070930/ap_on_sc/sput nik_s_secrets;_ylt=Am46sP_7sUmK8ip0AA74awOs0NUE) ]