1. Sputnik
the Manitowoc
Connection
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2. Back in the 50’s when things were just swell
– way back before digital, cable, and cell

4. with seams on our nylons and fins on our cars

5. we dreamed of the future

6. and looked to
the stars

7. Then – one day in October 1957 -

8. The Russians!

9. They beat us –
up into the heavens!

10. And then, just
to add to our
Cold War type
fears, TIME
named some
Russian guy
Man of the
Year!

14. One rocket for Russia
– one big leap for man.
On that fateful Red Monday
the Space Age began.

15. Sputnik 1 was the first -
a big shiny chrome ball -
but it wasn’t the last
there were 10 Sputniks in all!

16. The next carried Laika,
a cosmonaut pup.
Unfortunately - though
he survived the ride up,

17. and became the first space
traveler of the 20th century -

18. Sputnik II (and the doggy)
burned up on re-entry.

19. Sputnik III was cone-shaped with
antennas and arms and an instrument
payload (no critters were harmed).

20. Sputnik IV is
the one that has
caused all the
fuss – ‘cause it
went up over
there and came
down upon us!

21. It weighed five full tons – this big
Russian tin can, - and instead of a
dog, Sputnik IV held a man!

22. Well, not a real man in this Soviet rocket.
The word “dummy” you see, spelled in
Russian is “MAKET”.

23. It was a test run
for a real live
space man,
would ride
Sputnik next -
(at least that was
the plan)

24. As best-laid
plans go (for
both mice and
for men)
Sputnik IV had
some problems
and met a bad
end.

25. Did the rocket misfire?
Was some part out of place?
Well, they had one more first –
yes, the first

26. Did the rocket misfire?
Was some part out of place?
Well, they had one more first –
yes, the first

27. For two years, three months, and
some 20-odd days Sputnik IV
stayed aloft, then came down in a
blaze.

28. What goes up must come down,
that’s as true now as then.

29. The big
problem was
no one knew
where or
when.

30. With a whole
big wide world
where this
thing could
have crashed

31. and plenty of
oceans where
it could have
splashed -

32. What chance it would pick the Midwest to
come down? – and not just the Midwest

33. It came down in our town!

34. While most of the Sputnik
burned up from the heat,

35. a twenty-pound
chunk came
down on 8th
Street and
embedded itself
in a three-inch-
deep hole.

36. Later, found
by police
officers out
on patrol -

37. it was studied and photographed –
the news of the day!

38. Though it’s been part of a
Rahr-West display,

39. Manitowoc’s
ties to the early
space age
have been kind
of forgotten –
no longer
“front page”.

40. It’s time that this
oversight just
has to end.

41. SPUTNIKFEST
It’s Coming!
Tell all your friends.