Sputnik moment是用俄語表達衛星。
A Sputnik moment is a point where people realise that they are threatened of challenged and have to redouble their efforts to catch up. It comes from the time when the Soviet Union launched the first satellite, the Sputnik 1, and beat the USA into space.
“斯普特尼克”時刻是人們認識到自己受到威脅和挑戰，必須加倍努力，迎頭趕上的時刻。
它來自當時蘇聯發射的第一顆衛星的人造地球衛星“斯普特尼克”1號，此舉擊敗了美國，率先進入太空。
Sputnik ，俄語，指人造衛星。
