to bomb America from space (so that it looked like USSR attacked them) and then declare war on USSR without the UN approval and that's how the cold war started
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.
President Kennedy entered the US into the space race in 1961.
the space race
Because it was a "race" between the USSR and the US to reach space milestones first.
The United States competed with the Soviet Union in the space race during the Cold War.
They wanted to win the space race against the Soviet Union.
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.
The United States won the space race by landing Neil Armstrong on the moon.
In the late 1950s the Soviet Union appeared to be winning the Space Race. They launched the first earth satellite and put the first human, Yuri Gagarin, in space.
President Kennedy entered the US into the space race in 1961.
the space race
Because it was a "race" between the USSR and the US to reach space milestones first.
The space race was when the us and the ussr tried to get the newest equipment into space. It happened between 1957 and 1975.
In 1960 the "space race" began between the US and Soviets. Both worked to get to the moon first and in 1969 the US landed on the moon. The Soviets never have landed. The space race was just another outcome of the Cold War. The ability to launch a rocket has military advantages whether it has a payload for space or for military uses.
The SPACE RACE
Because we were curious about the Moon and outer space, but mostly because America wanted to outdo Russia. At that time, which was called the Cold War, the USA and Russia were enemies and neither wanted to let the other outdo them, which is what caused the so called "race to space."
Before Sputnik, America was in a "battle" with Russia on space flight. America wanted to be the first in space, on the moon, and have the first satellite orbit the Earth. - When Sputnik (Russian Satellite) went into space, tension was created by which we had lost part of the Space Race. It put Russia ahead of America in the Space Race.