50 years ago, just over 1 year before I was born.

If you were around then, what do you remember about it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1

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50 years ago, just over 1 year before I was born.

If you were around then, what do you remember about it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1

Keith, that was a little before my time. Dad was about to graduate high school (valedictorian). But, I did not remember it was 10/4 (just the 1957) part. Thanks for pointing out to us this important date.

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I remember it as well, and the crystal radio equipment youngsters built to listen to the beeps, as Chris pointed out!

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I remember it as well, and the crystal radio equipment youngsters built to listen to the beeps, as Chris pointed out!

A few years before my time. I remember the gemini and apollo programs, but not sputnik or even mercury.

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I remember it as well, and the crystal radio equipment youngsters built to listen to the beeps, as Chris pointed out!

A few years before my time. I remember the gemini and apollo programs, but not sputnik or even mercury.

Same here. I have vague memories of the latter part of the Mercury program, but nothing specific.

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50 years ago, just over 1 year before I was born.

If you were around then, what do you remember about it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1

I remember it well, I was in school in Vienna, Grade 3 at the time. It caused a big stir, people kept talking about it for weeks. In Vienna, which was occupied by Russia, England and America much the way that Berlin was, there were also feelings of sober anxiety. It was viewed as an indicator of Russian military might, and that scared a lot of people.

People world-wide were deeply impressed with this Russian accomplishment. This was not lost on the powers-that-be in America, who were Russia's great rival in the Cold War, which had already started. I think that the idea of an American flight to the moon was born here, and not out of some whim or fancy on the part of President John F. Kennedy, as it's often portrayed.

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People world-wide were deeply impressed with this Russian accomplishment. This was not lost on the powers-that-be in America, who were Russia's great rival in the Cold War, which had already started. I think that the idea of an American flight to the moon was born here, and not out of some whim or fancy on the part of President John F. Kennedy, as it's often portrayed.

You're probably right, but I do not think I've seen/interpreted the USA getting to the moon as a result of JFK. His speech was just another big kick in that direction.

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People world-wide were deeply impressed with this Russian accomplishment. This was not lost on the powers-that-be in America, who were Russia's great rival in the Cold War, which had already started. I think that the idea of an American flight to the moon was born here, and not out of some whim or fancy on the part of President John F. Kennedy, as it's often portrayed.

You're probably right, but I do not think I've seen/interpreted the USA getting to the moon as a result of JFK. His speech was just another big kick in that direction.

[Edit]: The way I remember it, people in general did give the credit to President Kennedy for the idea. You have to remember that there was no internet back then. People got their news strictly through the television and the printed newpapers. There were a lot fewer content providers back in those days, and it was easy to portray this as the President's inspiration.

JFK was an inspirational leader, with his flight to the moon project and also his American Peace Corps initiative.

I'm just saying that his father Joseph Kennedy senior must've grumbled about how much prestige the d*mn Russians got out of that event. The flight to the moon reversed all of that.

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People world-wide were deeply impressed with this Russian accomplishment. This was not lost on the powers-that-be in America, who were Russia's great rival in the Cold War, which had already started. I think that the idea of an American flight to the moon was born here, and not out of some whim or fancy on the part of President John F. Kennedy, as it's often portrayed.

You're probably right, but I do not think I've seen/interpreted the USA getting to the moon as a result of JFK. His speech was just another big kick in that direction.

[Edit]: The way I remember it, people in general did give the credit to President Kennedy for the idea. You have to remember that there was no internet back then. People got their news strictly through the television and the printed newpapers. There were a lot fewer content providers back in those days, and it was easy to portray this as the President's inspiration.

JFK was an inspirational leader, with his flight to the moon project and also his American Peace Corps initiative.

I'm just saying that his father Joseph Kennedy senior must've grumbled about how much prestige the d*mn Russians got out of that event. The flight to the moon reversed all of that.

I'm thinking more of how I may have heard things portrayed during my school years. Furthermore, I've known since at least 1992 or earlier the effect of Sputnik on mathematics and science education in the USA. I think included in this knowledge was probably also that NASA formed about 1 year later, as a result of Sputnik.

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By the way: that stray dog Laika, that was launched into space? Nobody knew at the time, that it died during the flight. The ladies all thought that dog was awful cute. ;)

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People world-wide were deeply impressed with this Russian accomplishment. This was not lost on the powers-that-be in America, who were Russia's great rival in the Cold War, which had already started. I think that the idea of an American flight to the moon was born here, and not out of some whim or fancy on the part of President John F. Kennedy, as it's often portrayed.

You're probably right, but I do not think I've seen/interpreted the USA getting to the moon as a result of JFK. His speech was just another big kick in that direction.

[Edit]: The way I remember it, people in general did give the credit to President Kennedy for the idea. You have to remember that there was no internet back then. People got their news strictly through the television and the printed newpapers. There were a lot fewer content providers back in those days, and it was easy to portray this as the President's inspiration.

JFK was an inspirational leader, with his flight to the moon project and also his American Peace Corps initiative.

I'm just saying that his father Joseph Kennedy senior must've grumbled about how much prestige the d*mn Russians got out of that event. The flight to the moon reversed all of that.

I'm thinking more of how I may have heard things portrayed during my school years. Furthermore, I've known since at least 1992 or earlier the effect of Sputnik on mathematics and science education in the USA. I think included in this knowledge was probably also that NASA formed about 1 year later, as a result of Sputnik.

I remember that morning--eating breakfast before walking on up to the highschool. The beep beep sound was played on the news as I read about the Soviet achievement. It was cold that morning and the thoughts of the U. S. being behind in anything made it even colder. There was an inspiration and a commitment to the space program-we could use the same sense of National purpose now in the challenges before us.

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People world-wide were deeply impressed with this Russian accomplishment. This was not lost on the powers-that-be in America, who were Russia's great rival in the Cold War, which had already started. I think that the idea of an American flight to the moon was born here, and not out of some whim or fancy on the part of President John F. Kennedy, as it's often portrayed.

You're probably right, but I do not think I've seen/interpreted the USA getting to the moon as a result of JFK. His speech was just another big kick in that direction.

[Edit]: The way I remember it, people in general did give the credit to President Kennedy for the idea. You have to remember that there was no internet back then. People got their news strictly through the television and the printed newpapers. There were a lot fewer content providers back in those days, and it was easy to portray this as the President's inspiration.

JFK was an inspirational leader, with his flight to the moon project and also his American Peace Corps initiative.

I'm just saying that his father Joseph Kennedy senior must've grumbled about how much prestige the d*mn Russians got out of that event. The flight to the moon reversed all of that.

I'm thinking more of how I may have heard things portrayed during my school years. Furthermore, I've known since at least 1992 or earlier the effect of Sputnik on mathematics and science education in the USA. I think included in this knowledge was probably also that NASA formed about 1 year later, as a result of Sputnik.

I remember that morning--eating breakfast before walking on up to the highschool. The beep beep sound was played on the news as I read about the Soviet achievement. It was cold that morning and the thoughts of the U. S. being behind in anything made it even colder. There was an inspiration and a commitment to the space program-we could use the same sense of National purpose now in the challenges before us.

Yes, we could. Thanks for speaking up, William!

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I remember seeing Sputnik drifting across the sky as a star in the evening. I was 13 and in the eighth grade. They said that Laika, the dog of Sputnik 2 (which a few called "Muttnik"), was to die. The first seven meals, one each day, plus the eighth, spiked with poison. All this was announced before Muttnik went up about a month or so after Sputnik. One of our first efforts was to launch a Vanguard in late December 1957. The rocket didn't have quite enough thrust, fell over on its side and released the little satellite nearby on the ground.

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