It followed a growing national sense that U.S. scientists were falling behind scientists in the Soviet Union, catalyzed, arguably, by early Soviet success in the Space Race, notably the launch of the first-ever satellite, Sputnik, the previous year.
It followed a growing national sense that U.S. scientists were falling behind scientists in the Soviet Union notably the launch of the first-ever satellite the previous year. Satellite was Sputnik. A growing national sense that U.S. scientists were falling behind scientists in the Soviet Union were catalyzed by early Soviet success in the Space Race. This was arguably.