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1959年1月2日,苏联巨型宇宙火箭发射成功的消息,传遍了全世界。当人们都为苏联科学技术的伟大成就欢欣鼓舞时,华盛顿却“笼罩着一种微妙的气氛,而这种气氛正在越来越浓厚”。艾森豪威尔在沉默了一阵之后,不能不致电祝贺,承认苏联宇宙火箭的成功发射“标志着人类向太空无限广阔的领域前进的过程中的巨大的一步”。这“巨大的一步”是苏联首先跨出的。而吹嘘“要赶上俄国人的卫星”的美国,究竟做得如何呢? “控制月球” 1958年1月底,美国空军研究和发展部副主任布希准将狂妄地叫嚷:“美国必须控制月球”,把月球
January 2, 1959, the successful launch of the Soviet giant space rocket news spread throughout the world. When people are rejoice in the great achievements of Soviet science and technology, Washington is “enveloped in a subtle atmosphere that is getting stronger and stronger.” After a moment’s silence, Eisenhower could not but call congratulation and acknowledged that the successful launching of the Soviet space rocket “marks a huge step in the process of moving mankind to the vast expanse of space.” This “huge step” is the first one that the Soviet Union has taken. The United States, which boasted of “wanting to catch up with the Russians’ satellites,” did exactly that? “Controlling the Moon” By the end of January 1958, Brigadier General Bush, Deputy Director of Research and Development of the U.S. Air Force, arrogantly shouted: “The United States must control the moon” Put the moon