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Q: Who got to space first America or Russia?
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What was the outcome of the Space Race?

Both America and the USSR improved space and rocket technology. The Soviets got to space first, but America got to the moon first. America would've won if it was an actual race.


How unprepared was America in the space race?

They were not prepared they got beat by Russia in the space race they didnt have enough fuel to get high enough to the moon or mercury (not even mercury) they lost pretty bad


Did the US launch the first space satellite?

No..The Russians launched "Sputnik" into space on October 4th, 1957 before anyone else got into space.


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Was the desire for political and military dominance a strong motivation for the space race?

During the cold war, America and Russia were both afraid of each other because of the increasing numbers of nuclear weapons each was producing at that time. Each was afraid that the other would have an advantage if they got to the moon first and set up missle bases to attack the other, so each country was in a "space race" to get there first. This scared the &^%$#%^&* out of the Russins when the Americans got there first in 1969.


Where did Neil Amstrong got shot into space?

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Why was it important to American leaders to land a man on the moon before Russia?

the u.s. and the u.s.s.r (russia) were in this thing called the space race. so far, the u.s. was losing. If the u.s.s.r. got to the moon first, it would put the u.s. to shame.


Where did the atakapa Indians live?

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Why nobody land on the moon again?

landing on the moon is a multi billion dollar project. fact of the matter is that the worlds space organizations simply cant affoard to go to the moon again. the only reason America got to the moon in the first place was because they wanted to beat russia to the prize.


What war was the United States and Russia involved in?

the russians had the idea of going into space. so they shot a rocket into orbit. it was unmanned but not robotic. america saw this and did the same soon there was a space race, whoever got to the moon first. then the cold sprang up to prevent the enemy faction from getting to the moon. it was 1961 to 1969 when american astronaut neil armstrong set his foot on the moon.


What did the USSR accomplish before the US?

Sputnik, the first rocket into space many things to do with space: they got the first person into space the first satellite to launch into space the first orbit around the earth the first living being into space the first woman into space etc.