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The Tragedy of the New Space Race

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June 30, 2026 • 188 views
Original source: The New Republic
The Tragedy of the New Space Race

Two versions of history began when, one fall night in 1957, a two-stage rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and deposited a Soviet satellite called Sputnik into orbit around Earth. The first version is the one that is well-known: the grand romance …

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