So, perhaps to show that it is giving space its due, the Air Force held its first space war game here, and even invited reporters inside for a few hours.

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This approach was seconded, in its geographic absolutism, by other pre-First World War space-history explanations.

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However, 40 years after Russia launched the first Sputnik satellite, men and women are still being sent into space on top of a modified post-war ballistic missile (see article).

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