On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 23:32:02 GMT, "Steven D. Litvintchouk"
wrote:

Yet when the U.S.S.R. orbited Sputnik, the whole world, especially the
U.S., appeared to be "shocked" by it. Why? Did everybody think the
Soviets were only making idle boasts?

Completely unrelated question: with all those geophysicists
crawling all over the world, getting all hot 'n geophysical, how
come the IGY failed to discover continental drift?

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Shane Stezelberger
sstezel at erols dot kom
Laurel, MD