Groundbreaking satellite project marks 50th anniversary

• Published in: Asbury Park Press
• Main Author: Masterman-Smith, Michael
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Asbury Park, N.J Gannett Co., Inc 18.12.2008
• Subjects: Communication; Communications satellites; Military communications; Systems development; Technological change

The ambitious, yet peaceful, space programs that followed offered countries alternative technical methods to display their power and global influence, and in so doing, blunted the strategic value of tactical nuclear weapons.