Politics

50 years ago: Sputnik

Fifty years ago this week, the Soviet launch of Sputnik galvanized a new era of American investment in science. Today, that investment has resulted in a half-century of unprecedented prosperity and security for this country.

But new findings indicate we're falling behind the rest of the world in our ability to innovate and compete. We need a new investment in science -- and a new "Sputnik moment" to get us there.

Check out this interesting Washington Post article on the original launch, "below the fold."

Full post as published by Silvestre Reyes Blog on October 03, 2007 (boomark / email).