On October 4, 1957, history was made. The Soviet Union Lunched Sputnik. Sputnik’s impact on the world and the USA was colossal, impressive, and unprecedented.
And the space programs and arms races between the Soviet Union and the United States began. Find in this story how space programs and arms races produced the greatest inventions and innovations in human history. How thousands of them spilled into civilian industries. Long distance telecommunications, artificial intelligence, robotics, digital cameras, LED chips, microwave ovens, insulin pumps, cardiac pacemakers, smoke detectors, water filters, and thousands of other technological advances mushroomed and improved the quality of life for every person