But when sputnik 's launch was splashed over every front page in october 1957 , all of that changed .
然而，1957年10月，当人造卫星发射成功的消息占据头条之后，一切都改变了。
Mr obama , pointing to competition from china , invokes a new " sputnik moment " to justify bigger public investment in technology and infrastructure .
The politburo 's decision to promote clean energy , he argues , is the 21st century equivalent of the soviet union 's 1957 launch of sputnik , which convinced the united states that it was falling behind in missile technology .
In a speech to a college audience in north carolina , president obama recalled how the soviet union 's 1957 launching of sputnik provoked the united states to increase investment in math and science education , helping america win the space race .
