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...ed in 1955, before the first launch of any type of satellite, the Soviet [[Sputnik]], in 1957.

...iberal]] ideas at the roots of the progressive reforms. The launching of [[Sputnik]] in 1958 at the height of the [[cold war]] gave rise to a number of intell

...stablished in 1958 as the first U.S. response to the Soviet launching of [[Sputnik]]<ref name="DARPA1">{{cite web|url=http://www.darpa.mil/body/overtheyears.h

...n the wake of the revival of interest in science following the launch of [[Sputnik]]. Quantitative revolutionaries, often referred to as "space cadets", decla

...' John M. Logsdon, Robert William Smith, Roger D. Launius, ''Reconsidering Sputnik: Forty Years Since the Soviet Satellite'' (2000); Robert Frank Futrell, ''I

...and technology after World War II, partly because of the Cold War and the Sputnik effect. The explosion of engineering research, which used to lagged behind

...2 April 1958, as a derogatory term, a reference to the Russian satellite [[Sputnik]], which managed to suggest that the beats were (1) 'way out there' and (2)

...ted technology and scored a propaganda victory with the surprise launch of Sputnik I, the the first [[artificial satellite]]. caused a major crisis and a reth ...ho wanted to restore national prestige.<ref>Roger D. Launius, "Eisenhower, Sputnik, and the Creation of NASA." ''Prologue'' (1996) 28(2): 126-143. Issn: 0033-

* Logsdon, John M.. Robert William Smith, Roger D. Launius, ''Reconsidering Sputnik: Forty Years Since the Soviet Satellite'' (2000)

* 1957 - U.S. embarrassed when Soviets launch Sputnik space satellite and leapfrog U.S. in high technology