The conquest of space has moved ahead with breath-taking speed since the Space Age began on October 4 , 1957 , says the 1960 edition of the World Book , without shame because it 's just an inanimate object and can 't feel shame , unlike some kind of Space World Book of the future that will know all human emotions and will be perfected any minute .
In 1960 , the World Book said that space conquest had accelerated tremendously in the previous three years .