Moon
Sputnik
Sputnik noun - A Russian artificial satellite.
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Moon and sputnik are semantically related in subsidiary topic. You can use "Moon" instead a noun "Sputnik".
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The Tintin graphic novel Explorers on the Moon features a surprisingly realistic take on what travelling to the moon would be like, despite being written pre-Sputnik.
Source: Useful Notes / The Moon -
After the Sputnik debacle, the US was desperately searching for ways to one-up the Soviets in the space race, and a proposal was made that an atomic bomb be detonated on the Moon!
Source: Deface of the Moon -
And let's not forget the nasty shock that Sputnik caused, triggering the race to the Moon.
Source: Soviet Superscience
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