Some Pulp #10 - Sputnik: the Space Race and Disney’s Tomorrowland (Nostalgia for a Future That Never Happened)

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English - June 01, 2015 09:00 - 52 minutes - 36.9 MB
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Sputnik was a 58 cm (23 in) diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennas to broadcast radio pulses. It was visible all around the Earth and its radio pulses were detectable. A surprise launch. As was its success. Learn how the launch of Sputnik affected American culture, arts and politics.

Show Notes
Sputnik
International Geophysical Year
Vanguard TV3
Space Race
National Defense Education Act
Yuri Gagarin
Nikita Khruschchev
Conelrad, a collection of space race and red scare paranoia and propaganda
Rocket Boys
Sputnik in Space and Song (NPR celebration)

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