Image of the Day In President Barack Obama’s SOTU speech Tuesday evening, he referenced the Soviet Sputnik satellite, saying, “This is our generation’s Sputnik moment.” Then on Wednesday he visited Manitowoc, Wis., where a 20-pound chunk of the Sputnik satellite crashed in 1962. Whether the comment and the visit were a coincidence, we searched the archives and found this image of the historical plaque and another marker in the middle of the street of the landing spot. www.MKEimages.com
Image of the Day
In President Barack Obama’s SOTU speech Tuesday evening, he referenced the Soviet Sputnik satellite, saying, “This is our generation’s Sputnik moment.” Then on Wednesday he visited Manitowoc, Wis., where a 20-pound chunk of the Sputnik satellite crashed in 1962. Whether the comment and the visit were a coincidence, we searched the archives and found this image of the historical plaque and another marker in the middle of the street of the landing spot.
