Apollo 11 or Sputnik 1 - which was more significant?

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I’m honestly not sure which one to pick, Sputnik will always be the beginning, yet Apollo 11 was clearly more impressive. I wasn’t old enough to witness either of them (born in 1995.) perhaps someone old enough to remember them both can give the best answer
 

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I would say Sputnik because it “initiated” the space race. Both programs borrowed heavily from their country’s ICBM programs, so they were not “singular” technological achievements.
 
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I dunno. I was but two years of age for Sputnik so I don't know how much of a sensation it caused, but I gather it had an impact both larger and longer lasting than Apollo. I'm told there was a big shift to engineering. Though that did dissipate some time ago -- we have lived to witness the decay of Boeing -- but it did last a long time. What impact did Apollo have? Everybody watched it on TV and that was pretty much it. Space food sticks. Reflective emergency blankets that years after purchase fall apart when unfolded. Better boots for ascending Mount Everest. Gradual decline in interest in manned space programs.

There is to this a day a bridge bidding convention occasionally still called the Sputnik double.