Bears victory and Sputnik anniversary

Lessons I draw from the Bears victory and Sputnik anniversary
In response to cataclysmic danger, Noah heard a call and build a life raft to salvage the world. We look up in the sky and see a Rainbow sometimes-it is sign God will never again destroy the world. Zochare habrit.

On Simchat Torah, 50th anniversary of image in sky that changed much.
Sputnik and The Dawn of the Space Age
History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball (58 cm.or 22.8 inches in diameter), weighed only 83.6 kg. or 183.9 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. While the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the space age and the U.S.-U.S.S.R space race.

In July 1955, the White House announced plans to launch an Earth-orbiting satellite for the IGY and solicited proposals from various Government research agencies to undertake development. In September 1955, the Naval Research Laboratory's Vanguard proposal was chosen to represent the U.S. during the IGY.
The Sputnik launch changed everything. As a technical achievement, Sputnik caught the world's attention and the American public off-guard. Its size was more impressive than Vanguard's intended 3.5-pound payload. In addition, the public feared that the Soviets' ability to launch satellites also translated into the capability to launch ballistic missiles that could carry nuclear weapons from Europe to the U.S. Then the Soviets struck again; on November 3, Sputnik II was launched, carrying a much heavier payload, including a dog named Laika.
Immediately after the Sputnik I launch in October, the U.S. Defense Department responded to the political furor by approving funding for another U.S. satellite project. As a simultaneous alternative to Vanguard, Wernher von Braun and his Army Redstone Arsenal team began work on the Explorer project.
On January 31, 1958, the tide changed, when the United States successfully launched Explorer I. This satellite carried a small scientific payload that eventually discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the Earth, named after principal investigator James Van Allen. The Explorer program continued as a successful ongoing series of lightweight, scientifically useful spacecraft. "


Chicagoans-Bears were losing to the Packers badly Sunday night. Players attribute their good comeback to Coach Lovie's half-time rallying speech.

Sputnik represented to the US and West a danger posed by not aggressive enough action, and spurred the US to action to take on the dangers caused by inaction.

Many Sputnik challenges around-
environment, Iran, radical Islam, assimilation, Con servative Judaism etc etc


We need a new kick in the pants, halftime speech to inspire us to action.
Will we respond to the challenge?
Noah took action. What lifeboat will we build to save world?