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Sputnik Moments Then and Now
SPUTNIK MOMENT IS a well-worn catchphrase that continues to resonate. It signifies a rude awakening and a commensurate rising to the occasion. This is a sequence the United States sorely needs today.
The original Sputnik moment came in the 1950s when the Soviet Union’s successful launch of the Sputnik satellite forced the United States to confront the shocking revelation that the Soviet Union had leapfrogged us in space technologies. It was a wake-up call, and it woke us up. The United States responded by allocating billions of dollars to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and massive research and development (R&D) efforts that, in little more than a decade, culminated in our being ...
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