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I'm pretty irritated at the title. It seems to pose a question of whether we are having a watershed moment where an achievement by a competing nation will spur
by heroprotagonist 9y ago
I'm pretty irritated at the title. It seems to pose a question of whether we are having a watershed moment where an achievement by a competing nation will spur us to greater activity.
But all the article does is rehash history. A more accurate title would be, "It's the Sputnik anniversary, here are some thoughts".
- canadaduane 9y agoA browser plugin that replaces click-bait article titles with your edited versions would be brilliant.
- namelost 9y agoBetteridge's law strikes again.
- elpool2 9y agoI thought maybe the article was going to be about how the Russians are beating us at the cyber-propaganda game.
- Nokinside 9y agoThe message in the article is that NASA is getting into the 60 years old Sputnik era mindset of national gestures and symbolism instead of doing space science or helping actual space economy.