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To: Lurking Libertarian

Well now there's something I never knew.

14 posted on 05/06/2009 1:41:06 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)

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To: knarf

Well now there's something I never knew.

Sputnik scared the crud out of most Americans. It raised the specter of Russian control of space for military purposes. Eisenhower's response was to say that we needed federal aid for science education in the public schools.

25 posted on 05/06/2009 1:59:08 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)

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