Ike created civilian ARPA for anti-missile research Jan. 22
Explorer I launched Jan. 31, 1958 - 31 lbs - 1
Ike created Killian Committee Feb. 4 to reorganize America's space and rocket program
- MIT President James Killian was Presidential Assistant for Science
Life mag. story "Crisis in Education" Mar. 24, 1958
Lyndon Johnson led Congress to create NASA July 16 as the nation's civilian space agency
- NASA began Mercury project using Atlas rocket
1958 - Year of Great Tests - Hardtack series until Aug. 22
midterm elections in Nov. 1958 won by Democrats
next - Kitchen Debate
Sources:
- Beschloss, Michael R. MAYDAY: Eisenhower, Khrushchev and the U-2 Affair. New York: Harper, 1986.
- Crankshaw, Edward. Khrushchev: A Career. New York: Viking, 1966.
revised 4/5/02 by Schoenherr | Cold War Policies
