COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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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 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was called the Cold War because neither the Soviet Union nor the United States officially declared war on each other. However, both sides clearly struggled to prevent the other from spreading its economic and political systems around the globe.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first human-made object to touch the Moon was the Soviet Union’s Luna 2, on 13 September 1959. Clickable map of the locations of all successful soft landings on the near side of the Moon to date (top). Dates are landing dates in Coordinated Universal Time.