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Sputnik!

Moonrise by The Washington Post

Aug 27, 201940:42Society & Culture

A top-secret memo in the Eisenhower administration. A plan to make space the new military high ground. And a Soviet beep heard from above. In the sixth chapter of “Moonrise,” humans launch the very first object into orbi...

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Sputnik! is an episode from Moonrise by The Washington Post. A top-secret memo in the Eisenhower administration. A plan to make space the new military high ground. And a Soviet beep heard from above. In the sixth chapter of “Moonrise,” huma...

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Published Aug 27, 2019, 40:42 long, audio available.

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A top-secret memo in the Eisenhower administration. A plan to make space the new military high ground. And a Soviet beep heard from above. In the sixth chapter of “Moonrise,” humans launch the very first object into orbit.

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Published Aug 27, 2019 and 40:42 long