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                                              National Space Society
                                              Lecture series:

Thursday, October 2
"Sputnik: The First Man Made Earth Satellite"
by Drew LePage

	Forty years ago the Soviet Union shocked the world and began the
Space Age with the launching of the first satellite, Sputnik. America's
response to this launch not only led to the Space Race which culminated
with the first Moon landing in 1969, but also spurred the development of
comsats, metsats, recon sats, microcomputers, and a host of other
technologies that we take for granted today. The launching of Sputnik
also heralded the arrival of the world's first ICBM and started an arms
race whose remnants still threaten our survival today. The repercussions
of this single event have influenced the course of human history ever
since.
	With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, many details of the
Sputnik story have finally come to light. Using a collection of rarely
seen photographs of the men and machines, local spaceflight historian
and writer Andrew LePage retells the story of the development of the
Soviet's first satellite, the rocket that sent it into orbit, and
Sputnik's lasting legacy. 

                                              at MIT Lab for Computer Science,
                                              8th floor, room NE43-800,
                                              545 Tech. Square, on Main St.
                                              at railroad tracks, Cambridge.
                                              (617)258-2828, or email reply.
                                              Free, A/C, refreshments.

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These meetings are sponsored by the Boston Chapter of the National
Space Society (NSS); together with the MIT chapter of the Students for
the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS).  NSS sponsors
lectures on space related topics, usually on the first Thursday of
every month at the location listed above.

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