Sputnik

A tribute of all those who made a difference in the world.

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This Day in History: November 3 Presidential Election and Space Dogs

Using strange holidays and historic events can spark interest in children to learn history. This day in history (November 3) includes a couple of very special events that could easily be turned into a fun history lesson. What happened on November...

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Eisenhower and Sputnik-1957

On October 4th 1957 the Soviet Union stunned the Free World with the launch of the world's first artificial satellite Sputnik 1. What followed in the United States became known known as the Sputnik Crises and was the start of the space race between...

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Earth's Fate May Have Already Been Recorded

Was the first man made object sent into space from Earth, a suicide note?

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"Norwegian Wood" by Haruki Murakami or How to Seriously Complicate Your Life as a College Student (now a a movie)

A review on the grand contemporary Japanese writer Haruki Murakami's book "Norwegian Wood".

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Are We Able To Grow The American Economy While Also Balancing The Budget?

I have been in a quandary the past few weeks while I developed and then wrote my Hub, "My Budget Alternative To Rep. Paul Ryan's Path To Survival Of The Fittest". That article was written because of my urgent feeling that our federal budget deficit...

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What's NASA Worth?

Space cowboys, riding their expensive rocket engines into the sky, are wasting our time and money. Their job ended when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, but continues to give our strained economy no respite. This perception of the National...

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Teens in 1950's, Sputnik and Russian Scientists

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Science Fiction: Our Crystal Ball

Science Fiction has shown us odd adventure and odder gadgets, but a lot of those gadgets have become real and some of those adventures are happening right now. So what has the genre predicted?

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The New Literates

That which we choose to define, we choose over which to have responsibility -- which explains why we now have a largely irresponsible culture, and defintions being confused with both divinity and duplicity.

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