Troy Meink: “12 years later from Sputnik, we were landing on the moon.”

“And then Sputnik happened, right? That rattled the entire country as well. And we had to focus, we had to respond to that. And we did. So 12 years later, 12 years later from Sputnik, we were landing on the moon. That is a level of focus that I think we need going forward if we don't have. Matter of fact, by the way, this is from a space side of the house.” (09:00–09:06)

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