Has the U.S. lag in the space race seriously damaged U.S. prestige in the world? Yes, said the U.S. Information Agency's able Director George V. Allen, in testimony before a congressional committee last week. Testified Allen, contradicting the Administration's position that the U.S. is not in a space race with the U.S.S.R.: as a result of Soviet space successes and U.S. space failures, the prevailing opinion in the world today is that the U.S.S.R. is ahead of the U.S. in science and technology. "The successful launching of Sputnik I created an intensity of reaction throughout the world which has...
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