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"After considerable discussion in the wake of the Soviet launch of Sputnik, in the
spring of 1958 President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered that a bill be drafted
to create a civilian space agency for the United States. The bill was sent to
Congress on 2 April 1958, was passed after lengthy congressional debate, and
was signed into law 29 July. When NASA began operations on 1 October 1958,
no one could have foreseen the full scope of the adventures and accomplishments,
the triumph and tragedy that would occur under its auspices over the
next 50 years as humans and robots advanced into “the new ocean” of space."
spring of 1958 President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered that a bill be drafted
to create a civilian space agency for the United States. The bill was sent to
Congress on 2 April 1958, was passed after lengthy congressional debate, and
was signed into law 29 July. When NASA began operations on 1 October 1958,
no one could have foreseen the full scope of the adventures and accomplishments,
the triumph and tragedy that would occur under its auspices over the
next 50 years as humans and robots advanced into “the new ocean” of space."
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