Rise Of The Space Race Summary

The rise of the Space Race started as the result of World War II when the Americans and Soviets went for the quest of discovery to find out how the Germans created one of the deadliest destructive missiles at that time; the V-2. During the end of World War II, Hitler asked his rocket engineer leader, Wernher Von Braun, and his team to create a rocket missile that could save the Third Reich. Von Braun and his team tested many designs and prototypes of rockets trying to increase their distance and power. Finally, through their effort, Von Braun successfully created a rocket that could travel over 200 miles. This rocket was called the V-2, after being created Hitler decided to attack England by launching the newly created V-2. England did not hear the V-2 coming

The author also laid out the facts and was not biased when writing the story since there were no opinions. The strengths of the book were that it was not just one biography, but it was two biographies about two different people who had the same ideologies but were on different sides and how they became part of the space race. Some of the weaknesses of the book were that the author focused too much on one person then the other person, instead, the author should have just kept switching between the two scientists between each chapter because that way it would draw the reader into the book. In my opinion, I liked the book because it was very interesting, I have loved space for a long time and would always read the many mysteries that would be discovered. Without the Space Race, there would be no discoveries would have happened because this is the starting where people thought outside the box to discover what lies beyond our