http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science...iversary_N.htm
Got to love this news article from USA acknowledging the USSR was first to orbit the Earth with the launch of Sputnik - 50th Anniversary .... all of three sentences ... the rest of the article is about the USA, USA, USA .....
"Fifty years ago next week, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I — little more than a beeping metal ball — into space. Never before had an artificial object orbited the Earth." ...
"A half-century ago, all it took to grab America's attention was Sputnik, a flying metal satellite not much bigger than a beach ball."
The rest of the article is about USA's response, which is not exactly an anniversary article about Sputnik at all ... hats off they do acknowledge someone else did it first .... but WE GOT TO THE MOON !!!! .... and did I mention WE GOT TO THE MOON, because without "WE GOT TO THE MOON USA" ... the rest of the world would be still tossing up metal beach balls that go 'beeeeep' apparently ......
Congrats USSR on a world class effort with your German scientists vs USA with it's German scientists ......
