How The Cold War Launched The Space Race
Why The Gemini Space Program Revolutionized Space Travel http://bit.ly/1U3Wpjl Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml During the Cold War, the U.S. and Russia ...
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The competition between the United States and the Soviet Union, sparked some of the greatest innovations and technological developments in history. So, what exactly propelled these two world powers into space? Well, the race is considered to have begun in 1955. That year, both the United States and the Soviet Union made announcements, just a few days from each other, that they would launch an artificial satellite into Earth orbit within two to three years. But in reality, it wasn’t the satellites that had either side worried, but the ability to get them into space. At the time, the two countries were in the early stages of the Cold War, and desperately developing long-range ballistic missiles. These are launched at a steep angle, exit the atmosphere, and then reenter it to hit their targe...
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The competition between the United States and the Soviet Union, sparked some of the greatest innovations and technological developments in history. So, what exactly propelled these two world powers into space? Well, the race is considered to have begun in 1955. That year, both the United States and the Soviet Union made announcements, just a few days from each other, that they would launch an artificial satellite into Earth orbit within two to three years. But in reality, it wasn’t the satellites that had either side worried, but the ability to get them into space. At the time, the two countries were in the early stages of the Cold War, and desperately developing long-range ballistic missiles. These are launched at a steep angle, exit the atmosphere, and then reenter it to hit their targe...
