Talk:Sputnik crisis

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[edit] "Sputnik Shock"?

How are the Sputnik Crisis and Sputnik Shock related? Are they the same? The latter term is mentioned on the NASA page, under "Space Race." --Grant M 19:29, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More worldy POV

Is it just me or does "Sputnik Crisis" seem quite POV? Was it a crisis to the Warsaw Pact countries, or to the rest of the world, or just a percieved crisis to the western world? 142.25.77.67 18:44, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

It was very much a US/USSR thing. They were the only two that, at that point, cared. Other countries cared (see 'Sputnik' Could Be a Spy-in-Sky; Chinese Reds Wave Big Stick, Washington Post, Oct 7, 1957) but had no way of dealing with the issue. I'm sure you could make an argument that other countries were involved as well, but this is the historically accepted point of view and should be the main POV of this wikipedia article. I do think we could use a bit more about the Soviet side of things -- you can make an excellent argument that the Soviet scientists gave months and years of warning. --zenazn 22:01, 20 May 2007 (UTC)