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Nicholas DeWitt '52 of the Russian Research center said yesterday in Chicago that Sputnik has shown the superiority of Soviet accomplishments in scientific training...
...stop worrying. The Russian government may have sent up a Sputnik, but it has also entangled itself in a mass of red tape perhaps even more complex than ours...
What Has the Sputnik Accomplished...
...Russians have really put 184.3 lbs. on an orbit, they can probably hit the moon with a lighter object. The speed of the Sputnik, 18,000 m.p.h., is not a great deal less than the speed (about 25,000 m.p.h.) needed to move from an orbit to the moon. If a good part of its weight is invested in additional fuel, the remainder should reach the moon without much trouble. The Russians are rumored to be scheduling a shot at the moon for Nov. 7, and they may try to mark its bright face with a visible splash...
CAMBRIDGE, Oct. 27--Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory officials said last night that results of their computations of the orbit of Sputnik's rocket were to be transmitted to Russia immediately...