I also remember Sputnik. Believe it or not, I watched from our backyard as it flew overhead, and the guy who pointed it out to us was Steven Spielberg’s father.
He was working for my father at the time at the General Electric computer division in Pheonix (which was later sold off to Honeywell). My father had him over for dinner, and I remember him telling us that Sputnik was about 2 feet in size, and that we would see it when it passed overhead at a specific time (probably about 9:30 pm).
I remember thinking that was going to be impossible since it was 100 miles up in space. But sure enough at 9:30, there it was, moving pretty fast across the sky!
I’d love to run into Steven someday and tell him that story.
A cool story.
Thanks for sharing!
Cool story<{>I was in high school...Only one teacher had the TV on for her students...I cut my class and she let me into her classroom. My homeroom teacher said I was defiant and I had detention for a week. Some much for “the good nuns”...Nevertheless...it made it more memorable.