Sputnik moment

 

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Sputnik moment

 

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Meaning of sputnik moment

The meaning of sputnik moment is : A Sputnik moment is a point where people realise that they are threatened of challenged and have to redouble their efforts to catch up. It comes from the time when the Soviet Union launched the first satellite, the Sputnik 1, and beat the USA into space.

 

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