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...closed society surfers from the absence of these restraints. Ruthless, singleminded concentration of men and treasure on a single project may lead to spectacular results (example: Sputnik). But the monolithic closed society lacks the flexibility to improvise and change its plans. "It is not prepared to go off into new, unplanned fields." says University of Chicago Historian Daniel Boorstin. "But the open society is a world where everything can be tried." Adds Bishop Gerald Kennedy, president of the Methodist Council of Bishops: "The overwhelmingly important strength of a free society is the individual-the lonely man. whether...
...great defense debate that blasted off in the wake of Sputnik I, the honest fears of a dangerous U.S. "missile gap" that flared in the repeated failures of U.S. rocketry - all the long, loud argument seemed like a fading whisper last week as shot after shot sent U.S. missiles successfully down their test ranges, and headed satellites toward space...
...estimated that 100 lbs. of lead per sq. ft. will be required to keep Van Allen or flare radiation at a safe level. That figures at no less than 11,000 Ibs.-more than the total weight of the heaviest satellite yet put into orbit, the U.S.S.R.'s Sputnik III-for shielding in a cramped, man-carrying capsule only six feet in diameter. Dow conceded that better shielding materials than lead may be found. But he saw little chance that the light and roomy satellite stations so dear to space enthusiasts can be made radiation-safe-at least...
...Potomac last week, and the laugh was not so much the measure of a joke as a symbol of Washington's high spirits about U.S. progress in the space race. In one spectacular month the U.S. has lapped the Russians-not with any single spectacular display such as Sputnik or the moon shots, but with a succession of scientifically important launchings that are building a solid stairway to the stars. Said a top Government space scientist: "The Soviets have been first with spectacular shots-we can't take that away from them. But we are first...
...since last October, when they launched the 4,037-lb. Lunik III, have the Soviets orbited a satellite. A fortnight ago Sputnik III tumbled back into Earth's atmosphere and burned up, so the box score on satellites still transmitting stood at U.S. six, U.S.S.R. zero. It was doubtful that, in the Kremlin, anybody was telling any new jokes about space...