Unleashing Our New Sputnik Movement

Attendees wait in line for a 5G exhibition at the Qualcomm booth during CES 2019 consumer electronics show at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nev., on Jan. 10, 2019. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

Commentary

Today, the United States faces a challenge comparable to that when the Soviet Union launched the first space satellite. Confronted with potential foreign technological primacy, the American people rose to the occasion and won the space race as well as the Cold War.