I listed various resources concerning the Sputnik anniversary over on the Space-for-All blog. Some additional items today include:

* The Space Review posts a special issue in commemoration of the anniversary. Items include
*** Looking back versus looking ahead - Jeff Foust's perspective
*** Sputnik's blastoff: the terrifying view from the launch site - Jim Oberg on the drama of the Sputnik launch.
*** SpaceWar 2057 - Dwayne Day goes out on a limb and predicts more of the same for military space
*** Sputnik in perspective: the totalitarian heritage - Taylor Dinerman examines why oppressive regimes made the first big steps to space
*** The Exploration of, and Conquest of, the Moon! - Ken Murphy reviews two classic books that tried to forecast the course of space exploration.

* Sputnik, SpaceShipOne, and Me - Dispatches from the Final Frontier - Michael Belfiore notes that NASA was not the only research organization born in the aftermath of Sputnik
* The End of the Sputnik Era - Chair Force Engineer - Mr. X credits Burt Rutan for finishing the Sputnik period and kicking off a new era on Oct. 4th 2004.
* Happy Sputnik Day - Rand Simberg points to various items concerning the anniversary
* Montage of vintage rocket video - Dick's Rocket Dungeon - Dick Stafford posts a video displaying some of the difficulties of early rocketry.