• knfrmity
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    2 years ago

    I was listening to a podcast a few months ago, ostensibly about the anniversary of Sputnik. But instead of talking about the development, the technology, the motivations, the lead scientists and engineers, etc., it was a discussion about how the Soviets being the first really lit the fire under the good guy Americans asses and got them motivated.