Paul Dickson, author of "Sputnik: The Shock of the Century," was the guest for this special Sputnik week program for The Space Show. Mr. Dickson is with us for about an hour without any breaks, discussing the impact of Sputnik from yet several different perspectives. In this discussion, we examine some of the non-space cultural issues such as the beginning of the women's movement, the integration issues of Little Rock, Arkansas and much more. Mr. Dickson fielded many questions about education, politics, the leader in the Kremlin at the time, Nikita Khrushchev, and President Eisenhower, and much more. In fact, Paul takes us into the Eisenhower administration in some detail regarding these early periods in developing a U.S. space presence. We talked about rockets, science, China and the modern space program of today. Paul expressed an opinon that sparked several questions when he suggested China might very well visit the Moon before we return to it. Listeners are urged to visit his websites, www.sputnikbook.net and his main site, www.pauldicksonbooks.net.
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