Quotes of the Day

Sputnik
Tuesday, Sep. 25, 2007

Open quoteIf it had been God in his chariot that had flown over, I could not have been more impressed. Close quote

  • HOMER H. HICKAM
  • author of Rocket Boys, on seeing images of Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite, when it launched Oct. 4, 1957
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