Remembering Sputnik: Sir Arthur C. Clarke

RabidChipmunk writes: "Tomorrow is Sputnik's 50th anniversary. IEEE Spectrum has an interview with Sir Arthur C. Clarke, where he talks about his reaction to the Sputnik launch as well as other issues related to the Space Age (and what comes next):

http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/oct07/5584

This is part of IEEE Spectrum's Sputnik special:

http://spectrum.ieee.org/sputnik"