Sputnik: 100,000 satellites above our heads: the new race that makes access to space everyday | Science
The first space race began as a war and propaganda competition. When the Americans heard the signal from Sputnik in 1957, they knew that the Russian missiles had their cities within range. In 1969, they must have been relieved when Werner von Braun, the Nazi who created the first combat missiles, allowed them to win … Read more