because we need to be smart to make more technology and we need more technology to be smart
The soviets launch of the sputnik
Soviet launching of Sputnik
The Soviet launch of the Sputnik satellite.
The launch of Sputnik which resulted in the Space Race.
The Vanguard Project
National Defense
The increase in US defense spending in 1952 was to fund the American-Korean War or what Americans call the Korean War.
yes
it helps us to find answers and keeps us together
Sputnik turned American spending, education wise, to math and science. Throughout the years following Sputnik, there was a push to encourage students to excel in these subjects, and the arts slowly gained a reputation of being 'useless.' This related to an eventual increase in scholarship money for students studying these subjects, and others considered crucial to defense, such as spanish or arabic.
military stuffs .education, health, technology, and sicnce .
By making it easier and more efficient for us to obtain and retain information which results in an increase of knowledge.