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Rockets: Sulfur, Sputnik and Scramjets

Book by Peter Macinnis; Allen & Unwin, 2003

Subjects:

Rocketry--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...his advanced age as an excuse for his retirement from so weighty a responsibility, and now punishes him for the natural consequences of that imposition. Ships' crews were generally as concerned about fire as townspeople. In February 1814, Sergeant Thomas...
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Brainpower for the Cold War: The Sputnik Crisis and National Defense Education Act of 1958

Book by Barbara Barksdale Clowse; Greenwood Press, 1981

Subjects:

Federal Aid To Education--United States, United States--National Defense Education Act Of 1958

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...responsible for successfully bringing the NDEA into being were no exception. They were genuinely uncertain of all of its consequences. For example, a close associate sent Elliot Richardson a cartoon, suggesting perhaps the real key to what happened. In...
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The Economic Consequences of the Vietnam War

Book by Anthony S. Campagna; Praeger, 1991

Subjects:

United States--Economic Conditions--1961-1971, United States--Economic Conditions--1971-1981, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Economic Aspects--United States

Collections: History, Entire Library

...There was also much consternation over the fact that the Soviet Union was growing faster economically and technically. When Sputnik I, the Soviet Unions first satellite, was launched in October 1957, there were charges brought of a technology gap. Falling...
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The Paradoxes of Unintended Consequences

Book by Lord Dahrendorf, Yehuda Elkana, Aryeh Neier, William Newton-Smith, IstvÁn RÉv; Central European University Press, 2000

Subjects:

Economic History, Human Rights, Liberty, Politics And Culture, Social Values

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...the agreement that had allegedly been reached there, should be taken with deadly seriousness. After the launch of the first Sputnik in 1957 it became clear that the times were not transitory: communism was here to stay. So there was no point in remembering...
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The Legacy of the Golden Age: The 1960s and Their Economic Consequences

Book by Frances Cairncross, Alec Cairncross; Routledge, 1992

Collections: History, Entire Library

...down with the outbreak of war in Vietnam and the programme of space exploration that followed the Soviet Unions launching of Sputnik in 1957 and the American landing on the moon in 1969. One student of technological history states that the break in American...

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A Red Moon over the Mall: the Sputnik Panic and Domestic America

Journal article by Ryan Boyle; The Journal of American Culture, Vol. 31, 2008

Subjects:

Armed forces, Cold War, Federal funding, Russian history, Scientific apparatus & instruments

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...join them and form a commonwealth of sputniks" (Divine 43). A menacing-looking picture of Nikita Khrushchev holding Sputnik as a scepter and wearing a golden...session in early January of 1958, Sputnik, outer space, and science education...mood of the session, "Thanks to the Sputniks- we are reexamining our foreign policy...for its small size compared with the Sputniks, its long-delayed launch marked...Unions lone remaining, albeit huge, Sputnik III (McLaughlin Green and Lomask...
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Federal Science Policy and Universities: Consequences of Success

Journal article by Rodney W. Nichols; Daedalus, Vol. 122, 1993

Subjects:

Education, Higher--Research, Federal aid to higher education--Social aspects, Federal aid to research--Analysis, Higher education and state--Analysis, Medical sciences--Research, Research and development contracts, Government--Social aspects, Universities and colleges--Privileges and immunities

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...envies this pattern. As a consequence, American universities...resilience of universities. This consequence, silently rued by many...concern for longer-range consequences--is similar to the pattern...engineering--notably after Sputnik. Later, it was dedicated...benefits flowing from the consequences of their past success...
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Global Warming and the Problem of Policy Innovation: Lessons from the Early Environmental Movement

Journal article by Christopher H. Schroeder; Environmental Law, Vol. 39, 2009

Subjects:

Air pollution control--Laws, regulations and rules, Air quality management--Laws, regulations and rules, Environmental movement--History, Environmental policy--Innovations, Environmentalism--History

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...Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. (34) Americans became alarmed at the potentially adverse consequences of trailing behind the Soviet Union...Natl Aeronautics Space Admin., Sputnik and the Dawn of the Space Age...
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U.S. Decline in the Context of Formal Education and in Situ Learning

Journal article by Paul R. Auerbach; Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 41, 2007

Subjects:

Economic forecasting--Analysis, Macroeconomics--Analysis

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...134-135). Comparable results, which may well be consequences of the above developments, are forthcoming for graduates...S. educational decline since the Soviet launching of Sputnik in 1957. Perhaps the most prominent document linking...
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Space Weapons: Refuting the Critics

Journal article by Steven Lambakis; Policy Review, 2001

Subjects:

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, 1972, United States-Soviet Union, Anti-satellite weapons--Evaluation, Ballistic missile defenses--Evaluation, Ballistic missile early warning system--Evaluation, Nuclear weapons--Laws, regulations, etc., Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, 1967

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...foreign capitals, much as the launch of Sputnik unnerved Washington. The negative effect...foreign opinion could have far-reaching consequences. The multinational coalition assembled...turn aside aggression. Vast practical consequences will fall out of policy choices concerning...

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Mathematics Forty Years after Sputnik

Magazine article by Solomon W. Golomb; American Scholar, Vol. 67, Spring 1998

Subjects:

Artificial satellites, Soviet--Social aspects, Mathematicians--Personal narratives, Mathematics--Social aspects, Soviet satellites--Social aspects

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...on is applied research. Sputnik shocked the American public...ultimately have significant consequences. Suddenly, there was...sufficient for the launching of Sputnik and Explorer. In the forty...anniversary of the launch of Sputnik I.
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The 'missile Gap' at 50

Magazine article by John S. Brown; Army, Vol. 60, March 2010

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...Soviets launched the diminutive Sputnik 1 satellite into planetary orbit...reliability differently from others. The consequences of the Sputnik launch and the perceived missile...to bad decisions and unintended consequences.
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Looking Back: the Missile Gap Myth and Its Progeny

Magazine article by Greg Thielmann; Arms Control Today, Vol. 41, May 2011

Subjects:

Artificial satellites, Government agencies, Missiles, Presidential elections, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics--USSR, United States

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...missiles (ICBMs) had fateful consequences beyond influencing an exceedingly...first artificial satellite, Sputnik, by the same rocket type...matched by the United States. Sputnik, visible in the night sky...military might."2 Hyping Sputnik and the Gaither Report was...
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Relax, America. Chinese Math Whizzes and Indian Engineers Aren't Stealing Your Kids' Future

Magazine article by Ben Wildavsky; Foreign Policy, March 2011

Subjects:

Academic achievement--Evaluation, Educational assessment, Educational evaluation, High school students--Evaluation, United States--Educational aspects

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...of the Union address, a "Sputnik moment." ILLUSTRATION OMITTED...has been having this sort of Sputnik moment since--well, Sputnik. Six months after the 1957...which losing carried real consequences. The fear that American kids...
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The Other National Security Issue

Magazine article by Thomas L. Rogers, Paul D. Houston; School Administrator, Vol. 63, June 2006

Subjects:

Career choice--Forecasts and trends, Engineers--Forecasts and trends, Engineers--Supply and demand, National security--Analysis, National security--Forecasts and trends, Scientists--Forecasts and trends, Scientists--Supply and demand, United States--Educational aspects

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...overhead every 90 minutes, Sputnik was impossible for even ordinary...superiority underpinned our post-Sputnik economic success. It becomes...clearly will have disastrous consequences for our domestic economy and...security threats. Unlike the Sputnik crisis, success will not...

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Iran's Sputnik

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), February 6, 2009

Subjects:

Artificial satellites--Launching, Satellite launching, Satellites (Spacecraft)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Irans Sputnik. Byline: The Register...of global military might. Sputnik galvanized a productive response...itself as a nation of global consequence, both because of its ancient...have a variety of unwanted consequences. Other Middle Eastern nations...costly ways. Iran can put a Sputnik atop its rocket, but a warhead...
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Restore Hope, Science to Rightful Place

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 27, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...into space with its successful launch of Sputnik in 1957, Kennedy put hundreds of millions...Life," Richard Hofstadter noted that Sputnik "brought an immense amount of attention to bear on the consequences of anti-intellectualism in the school...
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Reforming Education; More Spending Not the Answer

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 10, 2006

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Education

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...WASHINGTON TIMES I was in high school when Sputnik happened. Russias lead in space frightened...argue that there have been quite a few Sputniks lately, but that we havent noticed...achievement gaps would have catastrophic consequences, for individual human lives left short...our first priorities, as it was when Sputnik was launched the last time. We succeeded...
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America's New Space Rivals; Iran, North Korea Swoop to Conquer

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 20, 2009

Subjects:

Defense programs, Guided missiles, Missiles, Rockets (Ordnance)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...first two satellites in human history, the Soviet Unions Sputnik and the U.S. Explorer 1 were lofted to Earth orbits aboard...But if this is somehow passed over without insufferable consequences to the North Korean leadership, expect more and more such...
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Cops Torture Two Robbery Suspects

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, August 16, 2011

Subjects:

Gangs, Police, Police officers, Prisoner abuse, Robbery, Torture

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Blumentritt Police Community Precinct after robbery suspects and Sputnik gang members Gerry Diaz, 38, and Rommel Perez, 30, both...form of abuse committed by my men. They have to suffer the consequences if they committed abuse against the suspects."He assured...

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