By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD Fifty years ago, before most people living today were born, the beep-beep-beep of Sputnik was heard round the world. It was the sound of wonder and foreboding. Nothing would ever be quite the same again — in geopolitics, in science and technology, in everyday…
With Fear and Wonder in Its Wake, Sputnik Lifted Us Into the Future
2007.09.25. 13:31 oliverhannak
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The Space Age - New Horizons Beckon, Inspiring Vision if Not Certainty
2007.09.25. 13:30 oliverhannak
By JOHN SCHWARTZ Fifty years of spaceflight have taken people to the Moon and have sent unmanned vehicles zipping to the fringes of the solar system. What could the next 50 years bring? Much more, or potentially not much more. Government-financed space travel could stall in the face of…
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Greentech - They’re Electric, but Can They Be Fantastic?
2007.09.25. 13:29 oliverhannak
The $100,000 price of the Tesla Roadster is well beyond the budget of even most sports car buyers. By LAWRENCE ULRICH ELECTRIC cars are the future. That, at least, is the message automakers are sending to consumers as they trumpet big plans for cars that can bypass the gas pump. Of…
