US spends only 3.41 billion on the space program as of 2011 and is getting smaller every year‚ while china spend 5.51 billion on their space program. On July 20th‚ 1969 2 million Americans watched Neil Armstong walk on the moon. As he walked on the surface‚ he said “that’s one step for man‚ and one giant leap for mankind”. As of 1972 the moon mission were stopped and the farthest we go now is the ISS (International Space Station). Now that we don’t explore space‚ we might never have a leap for mankind
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technological advances would be the space program. Without the technology gained from our space program‚ all the other items would have never happened or would have taken a lot longer to be developed. It all began in the late 1950’s with the launch of the Russian satellite Sputnik. Prior to that most Americans assumed that the United States was superior to all other countries when it came to technology. With Russia apparently becoming the leader in space exploration‚ Congress passed the National Defense
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The Space Race was the closets the United States has come to losing it superpower title to other nations. The Space race was a twelve-year competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to explore the Solar System. This race began on October 4‚ 1957 when the Soviet Union deployed an artificial satellite called‚ Sputnik to orbit in space. Sputnik created a sense of fear in the United States that the Soviet Union had “reached the heavens” with the use of technological advancements. The
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The Space Race HIST101-1303B-09 8/26/13 The Space Race started at the beginning of the 1950s as World War II came to an end. It space travel became important as The United States continued to compete with the Soviet Union. The Space Race officially took flight on October 4‚ 1957 when a Soviet R-7 was launched into space. This satellite is also known as Sputnik. Sputnik caused much upheaval in the United States as Americans were not pleased by the idea that they had not been the first country
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The space race‚ a race to see who could make it to space first. It had origin ties to the arms race between America and the Soviet Union. The purpose of this research paper will be to get information on just what the space race was. Along with that‚ the following questions will be answered: What events lead up prior to the space race? What was America’s and the Soviet Union’s involvement in it? And finally‚ what were the end results of the Space Race? What was the space race? It was a competition
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1960’s for the United States: the Space Race. This heated competition began between the democratic United States and the communist Soviet Union‚ lead to immense costs‚ heightened rivalries and a blooming of scientific discoveries in the space exploration field. The extensive Space Race was just an element to the Cold War‚ an expanding strain between the Allies and Axis powers. Each side wanted to exceed the other’s accomplishments. While the Cold War and 1950’s Space Race created intense debates and
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Space has been the most interesting concepts since the early ages and our curiosities about it have grown so much over time. With Apollo 11‚ Neil Armstrong became the first person to step on the moon. For many years of struggles and loss of lives‚ it has only lead to great discoveries but the sacrifices that were made will always be mourned and remembered. Even despite all the risks‚ it has led us to understandings and the truth yet there is so much to learn and it’s necessary and worthy for the
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Dov Greenwood American History AP-3 Mr. DiBartolo 6/10/16 The Effects of the Space Race on Education in the U.S. The Space Race was one of the grandest stages of the Cold War‚ a quasi-war between the United States and Soviet Russia that pushed both the boundaries of both countries’ resources and forcing advancement in battles for technological and cultural superiority. The Space Race in particular propelled innovation in sectors that previously had not been considered in competition with Russia
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for mankind.” The moon landing was one of the most historic accomplishments in American space exploration. With the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ the space race was at its highest point during this time. (The Implications of the Privatization of Space Exploration‚ University of Pennsylvania) This great achievement was a result of the United States government funded space exploration program‚ NASA. NASA‚ or the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics was founded in
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realizes how miniscule a human is when compared to the rest of space. As the world moves more into the future‚ technological advances continue to evolve‚ but still the world has not learned a fraction of what space has to offer. Space is one of the most interesting topics in today’s world because it continually puzzles mankind‚ impacts society’s mindset‚ and new discoveries arise constantly. No matter how advance society becomes‚ space is always a topic that puzzles it. Throughout history‚ society
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