As the decade progressed, science stories in the news, such as Jonas Salk's vaccine for polio and the launch of Sputnik, brought science fiction to reality and attracted increasing numbers of students to fairs.
Ó progresar a década, as historias de ciencia nas noticias, como a vacina de Jonas Salk para combater a polio e o lanzamento do Sputnik, xuntaron a ciencia ficción e a realidade e trouxeron un número crecente de estudantes ás feiras.