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How did the cold war influence development and early goals of NASA and space flight programs?
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NASA got started because the Russians launched Sputnik and were ahead of the US in space exploration. The US did not want to be left out of the space race and did not want the Soviet Union to steal a march on space exploration.
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How did the cold war influence the development and early goals of nasa?
There was a space race going on between US and Russia. The US wanted to win the space race and put a lot of money in the NASA. Main goal in 1969 was the moon, US wanted to go there first.
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C) a large impact early in Earth's development.
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Columbia didn't explode at lift off. I think you're mistaking it for Challenger, which exploded early in it's flight. Columbia broke apart as it was re-entering the atmosphere. there was a piece of foam that broke off early in the flight (within the first 90 seconds I believe they said) and it doomed the shuttle. the Year it xpolded was 2003 it exploded at lift off 7 people died the Year it xpolded was 2003 it exploded at lift off 7 people died
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How did the cold war influence the development and early goals of NASA and spaceflight program?
Ask your parents if they dont know Google it. :)
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