Space Race
You cannot talk about the Space Race during the cold war without bringing up Sputnik. Sputnik was the first ever satellite man kind had ever seen. It was a revolutionary invention and brought a whole new aspect into the cold war, the space race. Although we didn't talk very much about the space race in class, it was still a huge part of the time era. It increased tensions even more between the two countries, but also led to the US putting the first man on the moon. A negative aspect about the space race is that it caused the countries to spend even more money on the war, which for Russia was a very bad thing. Since I knew about the Space race previously because my grandpa participated in it, I believe that it is one of the most interesting events during the cold war.
The Space Race did bring a whole new aspect of the arms race. Before it was just mostly nuclear weapons, but when sputnik was invented even more tensions grew to become more powerful. I also agree that countries did mainly focus their money onto the arms/space race to be more powerful, when really they could have spending the money on the country itself and to satisfy the citizens. They spelt millions all on this arms and space race when it could have gone to a better cause.
ReplyDeleteThe Space Race was a very important part of the Cold War. Sputnik as well as Star Wars both served a purpose to strike fear into both of the nations populations. It made both countries fear for their lives, if nuclear war would have ever been able to be fought in space.
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