• garbology [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    "The Sputnik crisis was a period of public fear and anxiety in Western nations about the perceived technological gap between the United States and Soviet Union caused by the Soviets' launch of Sputnik 1. This created a crisis reaction in national newspapers such as the New York Times, which mentioned the satellite in 279 articles between October 6, 1957, and October 31, 1957 (more than 11 articles per day)."

    11 articles per day

    :michael-laugh:

    • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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      edit-2
      4 years ago

      TFW you have to start giving a shit about math and science education because the other superpower made you look like a fool.

      • Neeerk [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        It's wild how that wasn't the response when China basically ended COVID in China. Like that should have been a Sputnik moment for the US press. But I guess it's easier to just claim "they're lying" rather than actually pressuring the mechanics of our economic and political system to give a shit.

      • LeninWalksTheWorld [any]
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        4 years ago

        Eisenhower scrambling to institute emergency STEM programs because communist education is superior