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IEEE Spectrum October 2007 Kieron Murphy |
Remembering Sputnik: Ernst Stuhlinger At the end of World War II, Stuhlinger joined the other members of von Braun's group of 126 scientists and engineers in the United States to work on civilian uses for advanced rockets. Here, he reminisces on Sputnik.  |
IEEE Spectrum October 2007 Kieron Murphy |
Remembering Sputnik: Frederick C. Durant III Frederick Durant was a key advisor to the U.S. military, intelligence, and civilian space-flight programs of the 1950s and '60s. Here he discuses aerospace's early days.  |
IEEE Spectrum February 2008 Kieron Murphy |
A Rocket Scientist Recalls the First U.S. Spaceflight A pioneer of the U.S. space program looks back at its first success 50 years ago  |
IEEE Spectrum September 2008 Kieron Murphy |
Ernst Stuhlinger: A Legend of the Space Age His life story could have been written by a sci-fi novelist  |
Reason May 2002 Charles Paul Freund |
Sphere of Influence How big a deal was Sputnik? Pretty big. Paul Dickson's recent cultural history, Sputnik: The Shock of the Century, explains...  |
Popular Mechanics July 29, 2008 Matt Sullivan |
Celebrate NASA's 50th Birthday With Every Space Launch Ever! From chasing Sputnik to shooting for the moon and now dreaming about life on Mars, U.S. space exploration has pushed the boundaries of how out-of-this-world the world can go.  |
IEEE Spectrum October 2007 Murphy & Das |
Remembering Sputnik 50 Years Later Three veterans of the early days of spaceflight reflect on the impact a tiny satellite had on the course of history.  |
Wired April 2001 Alex Markels |
The Next Wave Ships from Norway, rockets from Russia, techspertise from Seattle. Together, they slingshot satellites off a floating platform on the equator - and set the stage for a new kind of company, built on international brainpower...  |
IEEE Spectrum June 2009 Steven M. Cherry |
Space Is Big Business Of the $257 billion spent on space last year, two-thirds came from the private sector  |
IEEE Spectrum October 2007 Saswato R. Das |
Remembering Sputnik: Sir Arthur C. Clarke Although he is more revered for his role as an author, Clarke has well deserved the title of futurist for his groundbreaking thinking on space exploration. Here's an interview.  |
IEEE Spectrum June 2009 Jamieson & Norberg |
The Mars Challenge Human exploration of the red planet will inspire new generations of engineers  |