On this day in 1957, the world changed forever [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWR70ngPYbc&feature=related]YouTube - 1957: Sputnik I (Universal News)[/ame]
Double post, but another video [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Al-fupZZKU]YouTube - Sputnik 1 - Orbiter Space Flight Simulator[/ame]
cool post i didn't know that happened today! it really was an important event in history............this thread makes me want to smoke the rest of my weeds and bake a cake in the shape of sputnik and then eat the cake of course.
Changed things in so many ways. One that's relevant today is that it made the US dump a ton of money into science...which really isn't the case right now.