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It was mid-to-last 20Th century competition between soviet union(USSR) and united states(US) for the supremacy in 'space exploration'. ============================= "Space Exploration" was the noble motive, as far as the press and the masses were concerned. The real competition was in launch thrust, payload capacity and navigational precision. These factors demonstrated the ability to plant a nuclear warhead in the middle of your capital city on any given sunny afternoon.
The space race was fueled by the competition and fear between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Both wanted to outdo each other in the field of space exploration to show their superiority and to ensure that they were more technologically advanced in case of an actual war.
Space RaceThe Space Race was a competition of space exploration between the United States and USSR (Soviet Union), that lasted roughly from 1957 to 1975. It involved the efforts to explore outer space with artificial satellites, to send humans into space, and to land people on the Moon.
The Cold War pretty much jumpstarted the space race between the Soviet Union and the US. For anyone who doesn't know, the the Cold War was basically an "anything you can do I can do better" between the two countries. They tried to outdo each other in both weapons (arms race) and space exploration (space race). Because of this competition, both countries made significant accomplishments that might have taken them longer to if they hadn't been trying to outdo each other.
Us and the Soviet Union
The Soviet premier who wanted "peaceful coexistence" between democratic and communist powers was _______.
Fierce competition between the US and the Soviet Union
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Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev wanted the Cold War to end. He wanted it replaced with peaceful coexistence between democratic and communist powers.
Fierce competition between the US and the Soviet Union
It was mid-to-last 20Th century competition between soviet union(USSR) and united states(US) for the supremacy in 'space exploration'. ============================= "Space Exploration" was the noble motive, as far as the press and the masses were concerned. The real competition was in launch thrust, payload capacity and navigational precision. These factors demonstrated the ability to plant a nuclear warhead in the middle of your capital city on any given sunny afternoon.
The USA was in competition with the USSR (Soviet Union) in the space race. This was just a small part of the Cold War between the 2 super powers (they were the only 2 superpowers. And now that the USSR has fallen apart, the USA is now the only super power in the world) Sputnik was Russia's satelite, and it was the first man-made satellite launched into orbit in 1957. The US however was the first one to put a man (Neil Armstrong and crew) on the moon in 1969 with Apollo 11.
four hours after Powers entered Soviet airspace, a Soviet pilot shot down his plane, and Powers was forced to parachute into Soviet-controlled territory. The Soviets sentenced Powers to ten years in prison.
The competition between the US and the European allies versus the Soviet Union following World War 2 was called the ColdWar. It was characterized by escalating arms buildups, developing more and more deadly weapons and the Soviet Union restricting Soviet citizens access to information about the world outside of the 'Iron Curtain', the figurative wall around the Soviet Union that kept people and ideas out, except for those that could serve as propaganda. The Soviet Union was also very strict about allowing its citizens to travel outside the Iron Curtain. The culmination of the Cold War was the 'space race'; the competition between the US and the Soviet Union to be the first in developments and accomplishments in space exploration.
The space race was fueled by the competition and fear between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Both wanted to outdo each other in the field of space exploration to show their superiority and to ensure that they were more technologically advanced in case of an actual war.
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