In response to Sputnik Kennedy put up well defined goal - Send a man to the moon and return him safely to earth by the end of the decade.
That is called a specification.
Obama put up a nebulous smoke cloud - stimulate innovation.
That is called waving your hands around.
Parenthetically, anyone my age remembers the another response to Sputnik - a million kids sticking tooth picks into Styrofoam balls and sprinkling them with glitter. Every Christmas tree that year had a Sputnik ornament proudly placed on it.
The point of the article is, our first Sputnik moment was caused by government putting unnecessary restrictions on technology, just as they are today.
Obama’s mentality is steeped in exploiting “victimization” to achieve the goal of equal outcome for all... problem is, this mentality is never innovative in anything but resentments and “get-even-with’m-isms”. His mental state (and those he seeks to exploit) never rises to the level of overcoming challenges to the physical universe, never soars to see what lies beyond, but stays steeped in pits of envy and itchings for what others enjoy by rights of their own hard work, innovation and free enterprise.