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Cold War: The Space Race

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The Space Race was a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to see who had better advancements in order to get into space whether it is a dog or a person. The space race started in 1955 and pretty much ended when the United States sent the first man to land on the moon in 1972. Up until that point the Soviet Union was ahead of the United States but when the United States landed a man on the moon it ended the race. The space race relates to exploration, encounter and exchange because The United States encounter the Soviet Union which caused them to explore the space and their limits in space and they exchanged ideas on what they can send into space. During the space race the United States had many encounters with the Soviet Union which is what pushed them to win the race. The United States had many encounters with them during the cold war which lead to many deaths. However they also encountered the Soviet Union in their space travels and their race with them. The United States first encountered them when they launched their first dog into space it gave them new ideas for what to do and that there wasn’t …show more content…

Before the space race The United States hadn’t done much exploring in space or what they could send up into space but this race with the Soviet Union encouraged the United States to start exploring their limits and everything outside of our world. The United States’ first achievement was the explorer one which was the first satellite sent into space. This helped them to understand their limits on space exploration as said in this quote "We believe that when men reach beyond this planet, they should leave their national differences behind them." President John F. Kennedy, 1962. The space race has impacted the world in a way that has given everyone the idea that there really are no limits if you set your mind to something and you really want to do

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Soon after the Cold War came to an end, the United States and the USSR both began military technological advancements. If the USSR could get missiles into space, they could set them off at anyone anywhere. In the interest of protecting America and possibly the rest of the world, the main objective for the Space Race was to protect us against missiles from the USSR military. These advancements led to a competition between the US and the USSR to see who would be the first to space. America and the USSR were two of the most powerful countries in the entire world at that point in time.

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The Space Race was a pivotal element in the Cold War, serving as a "high-stakes" arena for the United States and the Soviet Union to demonstrate their technological and even ideological superiority. With Engelhardt's cartoon, he gave my perspective on the Cold War change. He always aimed to illuminate the Cold War's political, military, and ideological dimensions. I had never understood the meaning of balance of terror until I realized it was about nuclear warfare. Instead of going into a blood-curdling war, the space race took its place, keeping millions of lives at peace.

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As trivial as it may seem, at one time in order to prove America had stelar science and technology we had to rush to get men into space. In Tom Wolfe’s The right stuff a group of military test pilots are given the opportunity to be part of the space race against the soviets. Each one of these pilots had their qualms about joining the program due to the fact that many of them wanted to become career pilots. For instance, in order to become a good pilot one would have to log a lot of flight hours, and joining the space program would prevent them from flying for a prolonged period of time.

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The United States viewed the space race as a way to stop the spread of communism and prevent the spread of the Soviet Union's influence on Western European nations including France, Italy, and Greece (“The Space Race”). They also used their acomplishments to create new alliances or strengthen old ones as well as spread capitalism. While In the Soviet Union the race and war were seen as a way to strengthen and expand the communist system. They used their success to showcase the superiority of communism (Schlesinger,

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The space race of 1955-1975 impacted Florida, particularly with the establishment of NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island. This event brought a significant influx of people, jobs, and investment to the area, stimulating the local economy and leading to significant development and growth. One of the most significant effects of the space race was the creation of new jobs. With the establishment of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, thousands of people were employed as scientists, engineers, technicians, and support staff.

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After few years of alliance between The Soviet Union and The US. However, the peaceful was broken very soon when two superpowers got into a cold war which they were totally enemies in someways. Lots of issues occurred during such period, one of them was the Space Race. Vast number of innovations and high technology was coming out at the same time. Truly, those innovations did influence Canada in different fields during the period of Space Race.

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Introduction The world has seen a lot, but space exploration has had the most significant effect on the world since sugar. The space race and things like the Sputnik change the way the world thinks. While space exploration can be very expensive, space exploration has had the greatest effect on the world because it has exponentially changed the world in education, culture, global challenges, and has created life changing innovations for many people. The thought of "discovery" and "exploration" Space exploration has been the best thing since sugar because it brought the world together.

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When Neil Armstrong first touched down on the moon in 1969, millions of people watched him take the first step and create history (Villard). Yet even as we’ve moved on from the moon landings and consider them as a pivotal point for mankind, “Forty years after U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon, many conspiracy theorists still insist the Apollo 11 moon landing was an elaborate hoax”(Than). The idea that our voyage to the moon was deliberately staged seems to resurface year after year. While the conspiracy theorists claim the moon landing was a hoax, creating a fake moon landing would have been more expensive and difficult than actually reaching the moon. The race to the moon began on October 5, 1957, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into orbit around the earth: “When the Soviet Union launched the satellite Sputnik, on October 4, 1957, the United States experienced a technological identity crisis”(Olson).

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