Space Race

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• 11/21/2021
  

  Adulation for Today's Space Race is Misplaced. So is Nostalgia for the First One

  by Catherine Devlin

  It is impossible not to compare today’s billionaire space race to the iconic celestial competition of the 1960’s. But what if neither is worthy of adulation?

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  8/30/19
  

  Why Soviets Sent Dogs to Space While Americans Used Primates

  The goal for the Cold War rivals was the same: to prove that animals could survive in orbit so that people could, too. But why did the Soviets use dogs, while the Americans used primates?

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• SOURCE: NYT
  10-6-17
  

  When Soviets Launched Sputnik, C.I.A. Was Not Surprised

  Declassified documents show that intelligence officers, and President Eisenhower, knew that the Soviet Union was close to launching a man-made satellite.

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• SOURCE: Newsweek
  10-4-17
  

  Sputnik I Launch: How Russia Kicked Off the Space Race with Earth's First Satellite 60 Years Ago

  “The Russians have won the race. The entire world is following the satellite’s flight around the Earth,” Communist Party mouthpiece Pravda declared.