Sequoyah#9
A Sputnik 1957-ben repult. A NASA csak 1958-ban alakult, es ekkor indult el a Mercury program is, szoval egyaltalan nem volt folyamatban a fejlesztes ez elott. Es az urbe csak 1961-ben jutottak fel. Ez 4 ev, nem 3 het.
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite. This shattered American confidence in its technological superiority, creating a wave of anxiety known as the Sputnik crisis. Among his responses, President Dwight D. Eisenhower launched the Space Race. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established on October 1, 1958, as a civilian agency to develop space technology. One of its first initiatives was publicly announced on December 17, 1958. This was Project Mercury, which aimed to launch a man into Earth orbit, return him safely to the Earth, and evaluate his capabilities in space.