QUESTION:
When was NASA started?

ANSWER from Smart Filter on September 30, 1997:
NASA was founded through the "National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958,"
Public Law #85-568, 72 Stat., 426. It was signed by the President on July
29, 1958. The founding was an answer to the Soviet Sputnik satellite launch
in 1957. You may browse historical information on this subject at
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/histsub.htm