COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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To advance science
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To increase a countries Pride/Nationalism
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Surveillance
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To be better than the others
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Detailed explanation-1: -The space race, started in 1957, was a technological competition between the Soviet Union and the United States for the conquest of Earth orbit. The objective was to develop technology that would allow the construction of the first manned spacecraft in orbit and the arrival on the Moon.
Detailed explanation-2: -What was the goal? What would count as winning? For Americans, President Kennedy’s declaration focused the Space Race on a clear goal: landing a man on the Moon before the Soviets. The Space Race became a race to the Moon.
Detailed explanation-3: -By landing on the moon, the United States effectively “won” the space race that had begun with Sputnik’s launch in 1957. For their part, the Soviets made four failed attempts to launch a lunar landing craft between 1969 and 1972, including a spectacular launch-pad explosion in July 1969.