Chapter 3 - Part 1

Timeline of The Internet and The Web

• 1950's: Era of the Arms Race with the Soviet Union

• 1957 Soviet Union launches Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite.

• 1958 President Eisenhower reacts by forming two government agencies to advance space technologies, weapons, and communication systems -- Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) http://www.arpa.mil/ and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) http://www.nasa.gov.