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Secretary Chu Invokes Sputnik to Spur Us on in Competitiveness and Energy Innovation

Explore the Sputnik analogy in science and its relevance to today's innovation landscape globally.

Written byChris Mooney

2010-12-01T22:39:49 | 1 min read

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See here, video courtesy of "Planet Foward": What do people think? The Sputnik analogy comes up frequently in connection with where we stand now in science and innovation, vis a vis the rest of the world. Is it a fair analogy?

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