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Sputnik was launched on Oct. 4, 1957--the first man-made object to orbit Earth.
Masterminded by Sergei Korolev, the Soviet counterpart to the United States' Wernher von Braun (and, unlike von Braun, a native product), Sputnik seemed to represent a system superior to capitalism, and proved useful in wooing developing nations that had yet to choose sides in the Cold War.
The NYT fronts the revised GDP numbers, pointing out that inflation dipped to 1.0 percent last year, the lowest level since the launch of Sputnik.
The space age began with the launch of Sputnik in October 1957.
The Russians built the sturdy Sputnik, MiGs, and AK-47s, but they couldn't make bras or toasters.