This is a classic article from Â鶹´«Ã½’s archive, republished as part of our 50th anniversary celebrations
IT IS a sorry thing to record that when the news of the first human space flight came to Florence, the second International Space Science Symposium continued without interruption. While the world cheered and the mayor of the historic city was bringing his congratulations to a smiling academician Anatoly Blagonravov, one of the chief architects of the Soviets’ space achievements, the scientific sessions went on without so much as an announcement of the news.
Ironically, the subject on that Wednesday morning was “special…
