Land men on the moon and return them safely to earth by the end of the decade.
This was the "public" goal declared by president Kennedy.
However the underlying secret goal was to demonstrate which country could throw the largest hydrogen bomb possible the farthest distance and hit a target accurately - without having to actually throw a real hydrogen bomb (and risk starting a war). By getting men to the moon we proved we could deliver any possible hydrogen bomb anywhere we wanted to put it on earth.
The Space Race The Arms Race
The space race was part of the cold war with the soviet union.
the space race started when the soviet union union launched Sputnik into space.
soviet union
The SPACE RACE
The Space Race The Arms Race
The space race was part of the cold war with the soviet union.
the space race started when the soviet union union launched Sputnik into space.
They wanted to win the space race against the Soviet Union.
soviet union
The Space Race
The soviet union
The SPACE RACE
The Soviet Union (USSR)
they were called the soviet union
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