THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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Question
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the Soviets had not yet walked on the moon
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the Soviets had not yet sent a man to space
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the Soviets had declared that walking on the moon was impossible
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the Soviets had walked on the moon only a few days before
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Detailed explanation-1: -All along, the Soviet moon program had suffered from a third problem-lack of money. Massive investments required to develop new ICBMs and nuclear weapons so that the Soviet military could achieve strategic parity with the United States siphoned funds away from the space program.
Detailed explanation-2: -The moon landings reestablished the US, who had initially led the Cold War with the development of nuclear weapons, as the leading technological superpower. It was a lead that would continue to grow over the coming decades, until the final collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Detailed explanation-3: -What effect did the Cold War have on the American space program? Competition with the Soviet Union spurred American space missions.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Space Race played a significant part in the Cold War as the Americans and Soviets competed to prove their technological and intellectual superiority by becoming the first nation to put a human into space. From beginning to end, the world’s attention was captivated by this contest for dominance.