They felt like it, and to beat russians
Trying to get there was one of them, and trying to beat the Russians to space was another!!
It gave the country a common goal and we wanted to beat the Russians in space.
to beat the russians and or CCCP/USSR in the space race to prove america
NASA's original mission was to beat the Russians to the moon, which they did. Now, however, they are devoted to studying and researching space.
"whats out there"?, scientific curiosity, PR, satellites are incredibly useful, they wanted to beat the Russians too.
the Russians MIR is a controll in space
The USSR was seemingly more advanced than the Unites States and it stimulated, or made the US want to beat the Russians. ----
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The cast of The Day We Beat the Russians - 1983 includes: Gord Marriott
The space race between Americans and Russians was driven by political rivalry and competition for global influence during the Cold War. Both countries wanted to showcase their technological advancements, military capabilities, and ideology. The launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957 further fueled American efforts to demonstrate their supremacy in space exploration.
The Nazis had done some experimentation in rocket science, it could be seen as an example of asserting power. Later on, with the Cold War, the Americans went to beat the Russians into Space, and the Russians wanted to beat the Americans for propaganda reasons. There was a rise in Science Fiction comics and novels which made this this the most popular part of scientific research, at least for a while.