Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria University College, Wellington N.Z. Vol. 21, No. 3. April 1, 1958
Those New Moons
Those New Moons
The two Russian sputniks set alight the imagination of the world although the second had some dogged opponents in S.P.C.A. circles. Then the U.S. Army was successful with Explorer I. Meanwhile the U.S. Navy, which had intended to be first, had failed more than once with its Vanguard. Now they have launched something described as a grapefruit, presumably the result of their earlier "anyone could have launched it" sour grapes.