Sputnik’s legacy behind the Iron Curtain
By Vasili Kharchenko | Tuesday, October 9, 2007 | The Boston Globe
“FIFTY YEARS ago the skies were opened for me and became a part of my world. It was done by the first Sputnik, a small metallic ball rotating around Earth. Many people have described how Sputnik changed the United States. I, a former Russian scientist now living in the United States, would like to share a vision of the Sputnik impact from the other side of the Iron Curtain….”…BS
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