there was a news conference in november when she showed off the first two warhead vehicle that had roots access we returned. and he went on t.v. and said you see we're coming along we have the technology don't worry so much it will be ok and. it didn't go over very well because people said look they've already launched two satellites are familiar with a lot of people saying you know why should we believe what president eisenhower saying because obviously we aren't doing that well. meanwhile the world was now asking a different question when with the americans launch their for spacecraft. in november one nine hundred fifty seven a few days after the like a mission the us presented its settled light the launch was scheduled for early one nine hundred fifty eight after a testing phase. yet the pressure was so great that the white house decided to skip the tests and go live with the launch even though internal documents indicated the