Looking at such a small and ugly thing it's hard to realize how important it was. Sputnik weighed 19 pounds more than me and is about four feet shorter, but probably had more an impact on the world than I ever will. I won't do anything close to being the first thing in space, starting the Space Race, inspiring the creation of NASA, or raising fears of spying Russians. At least I look better than this thing, which was surprisingly advanced for a time when we didn't have calculators. Oh technology.