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In one nine hundred fifty six soviet science fiction film presented visions of conquering outer space it even had special effects worthy of hollywood. so were rockets and trips into space just fantasies the dreams of a mad scientist. by then both the soviets and the americans had long been running ambitious missile development programs. in one thousand nine hundred fifty five u.s. president dwight eisenhower announced that the u.s. would launch an earth orbiting satellite within the next three years. two days later the kremlin told the world it was planning to put a satellite up to. people in ...