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A Beep Heard Around the World

Thursday 15 May 2008 23:00-23:15 (Radio 3)

Four personal essays marking last year's 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik 1.

Duration:

15 minutes

Playlist:

4/4. Monica Grady, professor of planetary and space science at the Open University, discusses how Sputnik gave her a job, and what it meant to the rest of the world.




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