Today is the sixty-fourth anniversary of Sputnik, the first manmade object to be sent into orbit. This marked the dawn of the space age and Russia won that race. Last year, when Putin smugly presented the world with Sputnik V, the first Covid vaccine, Russia was declared the winner of the vax race, that is, the race to reach inner-space “orbit”.
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