Title: 
Headings:  What Are Turning Points in History, and 
 What Were They for the Space Age?1
What
 
Are
 
Turning
 
Points
 
in
 
History,
 
and
 

What
 
Were
 
They
 
for
 
the
 
Space
 
Age?1

Defining
 
a
 
Turning
 
Point
 

Constructing
 
Turning
 
Points
 
in
 
Space
 
History
 

Sputnik
 

Kennedy’s
 
role
 

Maxims
 
of
 
Turning
 
Points
 
in
 
Space
 
History
 


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2006). 7. “midway,
	 
Battle
  
of,”
  
encyclopædia
  
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http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/turning%20point
 
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2006); “genghis
 
Khan,”
 
encyclopædia
 
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(accessed
 
21
 
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2006). macedonian
  
domination
  
received
  
a
  
decisive
  
blow; it
  
would
  
survive
  
for
  
only
  
46
 
more
 
years. ”8tying
 
the
 
demise
 
of
 
greek
 
domination
 
nearly
 
two
 
generations
 
later
 
to
 
the
 
death
 
of
 
antiochus
 
seems
 
tenuous
 
at
 
best.