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Q: What event most clearly prompted the US government to pursue the Space Race?
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Why did they stop landing on the moon?

Because of the expense weighed against the other projects that the government and NASA wanted to pursue, such as the space shuttle and developing the space station.


What prompted man to make an attempt to travel in space?

Pure curiosity. We wanted to know what was out there.


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The first human to ever be clearly and unambigously "in space" was Yuri Gagarin.


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BY the people


Is Antarctica the only thing on Earth seen from space?

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