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2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/lw/103729.htm#:~:text=On%20October%204%2C%201957%2C%20the,first%20artificial%20satellite%2C%20Sputnik%20I.
nasa.gov/history/60-years-ago-vanguard-fails-to-reach-orbit/
britannica.com/technology/Sputnik
history.state.gov/milestones/1953-1960/sputnik#:~:text=The%20successful%20launch%20came%20as,accomplish%20this%20scientific%20advancement%20first.&text=The%20fact%20that%20the%20Soviets,behind%20in%20developing%20new%20technology.
nasa.gov/history/explorer-1-overview
nasa.gov/specials/60counting/begin.html#:~:text=In%20July%201958%2C%20Eisenhower%20had,1%2C%201958.
nasa.gov/reference/the-national-advisory-committee-for-aeronautics
nasa.gov/history/the-decision-to-go-to-the-moon/#:~:text=On%20May%2025%2C%201961%2C%20President,the%20end%20of%20the%20decade.
nps.gov/articles/000/jfk-and-the-moonshot.htm#:~:text=Stepping%20up%20to%20the%20imposing,the%20end%20of%20the%201960s.
nasa.gov/history/the-decision-to-go-to-the-moon/#:~:text=On%20May%2025%2C%201961%2C%20President,the%20end%20of%20the%20decade.
nasa.gov/history/remembering-yuri-gagarin-50-years-later
nasa.gov/image-article/60-years-ago-alan-shepard-becomes-first-american-space
artsandculture.google.com/asset/memo-from-vice-president-johnson-to-president-kennedy-lyndon-baines-johnson/IAEh6QLNQklr4g?hl=en&ms=%7B%22x%22%3A0.5762277142862293%2C%22y%22%3A0.6907969692365101%2C%22z%22%3A9.914406070138874%2C%22size%22%3A%7B%22width%22%3A1.6731260809418236%2C%22height%22%3A0.6184060615269797%7D%7D
nasa.gov/people/wernher-von-braun
nasa.gov/johnson/about-johnson
nasa.gov/kennedy/kennedy-space-center-history
taxfoundation.org/blog/apollo-moon-space-race-industrial-policy-cost/#:~:text=From%201960%20to%201973%2C%20the,a%20man%20on%20the%20moon.
https://spaceinsider.tech/2025/02/06/nasas-budget-over-time-a-comprehensive-analysis/#:~:text=1958%E2%80%931970%3A%20The%20Early%20Years%20and%20the%20Apollo%20Era,-The%20Apollo%20days&text=As%20documented%20by%20the%20Planetary,4%25%20of%20the%20federal%20budget.
npr.org/2019/06/12/731660780/one-giant-leap-explores-the-herculean-effort-behind-the-1969-moon-landing
politico.com/story/2017/09/20/jfk-proposes-joint-lunar-expedition-with-soviets-sept-20-1963-242843
history.com/this-day-in-history/kennedy-proposes-joint-mission-to-the-moon
nasa.gov/history/JFK-Webbconv/pages/backgnd.html#:~:text=In%20September%201963%2C%20during%20a,essentially%20made%20the%20proposal%20irrelevant.
theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/kennedy-before-choosing-the-moon-im-not-that-interested-in-space/262287
smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/jfk-and-the-moon-180947824
whitehousehistory.org/lyndon-b-johnson-forgotten-champion-of-the-space-race
nasa.gov/project-mercury
nasa.gov/history/60-years-ago-john-glenn-the-first-american-to-orbit-the-earth-aboard-friendship-7/#:~:text=On%20Feb.,Research%20Center%20in%20Hampton%2C%20Virginia.
nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/silverstein-on-apollo-naming-1962.pdf?
nasa.gov/people/abe-silverstein
astronomy.com/space-exploration/naming-apollo-why-nasa-chooses-greek-gods-as-names
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Eric's Links:
Cosmic Horror Ebook: dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb
Storyrant: youtube.com/@storyrant
OEI Analog Horror Experiment: youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint
Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39
Subscriptions available here: patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine
Karl's Socials:
Fact Fiend: youtube.com @FactFiend
Wiki Weekends: youtube.com @wikiweekends
Untitled Side Channel: youtube.com @untitledsidechannel
Twitter: twitter.com/KarlSmallwood
Further Reading:
2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/lw/103729.htm#:~:text=On%20October%204%2C%201957%2C%20the,first%20artificial%20satellite%2C%20Sputnik%20I.
nasa.gov/history/60-years-ago-vanguard-fails-to-reach-orbit/
britannica.com/technology/Sputnik
history.state.gov/milestones/1953-1960/sputnik#:~:text=The%20successful%20launch%20came%20as,accomplish%20this%20scientific%20advancement%20first.&text=The%20fact%20that%20the%20Soviets,behind%20in%20developing%20new%20technology.
nasa.gov/history/explorer-1-overview
nasa.gov/specials/60counting/begin.html#:~:text=In%20July%201958%2C%20Eisenhower%20had,1%2C%201958.
nasa.gov/reference/the-national-advisory-committee-for-aeronautics
nasa.gov/history/the-decision-to-go-to-the-moon/#:~:text=On%20May%2025%2C%201961%2C%20President,the%20end%20of%20the%20decade.
nps.gov/articles/000/jfk-and-the-moonshot.htm#:~:text=Stepping%20up%20to%20the%20imposing,the%20end%20of%20the%201960s.
nasa.gov/history/the-decision-to-go-to-the-moon/#:~:text=On%20May%2025%2C%201961%2C%20President,the%20end%20of%20the%20decade.
nasa.gov/history/remembering-yuri-gagarin-50-years-later
nasa.gov/image-article/60-years-ago-alan-shepard-becomes-first-american-space
artsandculture.google.com/asset/memo-from-vice-president-johnson-to-president-kennedy-lyndon-baines-johnson/IAEh6QLNQklr4g?hl=en&ms=%7B%22x%22%3A0.5762277142862293%2C%22y%22%3A0.6907969692365101%2C%22z%22%3A9.914406070138874%2C%22size%22%3A%7B%22width%22%3A1.6731260809418236%2C%22height%22%3A0.6184060615269797%7D%7D
nasa.gov/people/wernher-von-braun
nasa.gov/johnson/about-johnson
nasa.gov/kennedy/kennedy-space-center-history
taxfoundation.org/blog/apollo-moon-space-race-industrial-policy-cost/#:~:text=From%201960%20to%201973%2C%20the,a%20man%20on%20the%20moon.
https://spaceinsider.tech/2025/02/06/nasas-budget-over-time-a-comprehensive-analysis/#:~:text=1958%E2%80%931970%3A%20The%20Early%20Years%20and%20the%20Apollo%20Era,-The%20Apollo%20days&text=As%20documented%20by%20the%20Planetary,4%25%20of%20the%20federal%20budget.
npr.org/2019/06/12/731660780/one-giant-leap-explores-the-herculean-effort-behind-the-1969-moon-landing
politico.com/story/2017/09/20/jfk-proposes-joint-lunar-expedition-with-soviets-sept-20-1963-242843
history.com/this-day-in-history/kennedy-proposes-joint-mission-to-the-moon
nasa.gov/history/JFK-Webbconv/pages/backgnd.html#:~:text=In%20September%201963%2C%20during%20a,essentially%20made%20the%20proposal%20irrelevant.
theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/kennedy-before-choosing-the-moon-im-not-that-interested-in-space/262287
smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/jfk-and-the-moon-180947824
whitehousehistory.org/lyndon-b-johnson-forgotten-champion-of-the-space-race
nasa.gov/project-mercury
nasa.gov/history/60-years-ago-john-glenn-the-first-american-to-orbit-the-earth-aboard-friendship-7/#:~:text=On%20Feb.,Research%20Center%20in%20Hampton%2C%20Virginia.
nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/silverstein-on-apollo-naming-1962.pdf?
nasa.gov/people/abe-silverstein
astronomy.com/space-exploration/naming-apollo-why-nasa-chooses-greek-gods-as-names
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