The Internet has revolutionised the media
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On the 4th of October 1957, the USSR launched the world's first satellite named 'Sputnik 1' into Earth orbit. Beating the US to the great feat, the event severely dented the unparalleled sense of security Americans had had since the explosion of the first nuclear bomb thirteen years earlier. An immediate reaction was to set up the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) within the Ministry of Defence. It was created in order to reduce the chance of US defence again being outdone in technological advances by the 'enemy', and its original r…
