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Un ancien pilote de l'US Air Force explique pourquoi la mise en orbite de Spoutnik 1 ne l'a pas impressionnée :

In 1957, as a pilot in the US Air Force, I was stationed in West Germany, where I was training to fly tactical fighters to send nuclear weapons into the Soviet Union. In the event that a nuclear exchange did break out, it was unlikely that I would have a base to return to. That was a sobering reality for a 28-year-old with a young family. When Sputnik went into space and sent back its radio signal, it seemed to me little more than a stunt.

J'ai du mal à choisir un adjectif ici. Merci d'avance