Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Case #2: Satellites

The Russians were the first to send a rocket into outer space. The Sputnik was the first manned aircraft to orbit the world. As a result of this competition between the United States and Russia, America sent thousands of satellites into orbit. The technology used to win the space race is now used to supply cell phone signals, GPS, television signals, etc. Satellite technology is a part of what created our digital world.

1. How is this related to either the military or NASA?
2. How would the world be different if this hadn't been invented?

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