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**Autymn D. C.**

wrote:
Well, yes, I did encounter this story, more than once, and it is, at
the very least, quite plausible. There is no doubt that the program,
before the Russians launched the Sputnik, was purely technology
oriented, not PR. To extent to which PR was low on the list of
priorities is illustrated by the fact that, when Yeager broke the
sound barrier, this event was not only not trumpeted but, in fact,
classified, and it remained so for nearly eight months.

I read that a Russian broke the sound barrier first.