Space Race
Major events of the space race and their significance
USSR takes an early lead
- October 4, 1957- Sputnik is launched by USSR
- Gives USSR big first step in race
- September 14, 1959- First human made object on moon- a probe- USSR
- expands on the USSR advantage
- April 12, 1961- First Human in space- by the USSR
- USSR is really starting to pull away, so USA must find a way to get back
USA starts to get back
- July 20, 1969- USA gets first man on moon
- This is huge, so USA has made up a lot of ground, two sides are basically even
- April 23, 1971- USSR builds a space station
- They have taken a bit of a lead
- July 15, 1975- USA and USSR join together to man a mission
- The USA and USSR have realized that neither can win, so they have decided to come to a compromise, and work together
First Moon Landing 1969
No side is able to win, so they end in compromise
- July 15, 1975- USA and USSR join together to man a mission
- The USA and USSR have realized that neither can win, so they have decided to come to a compromise, and work together
Space race is a smaller version of the cold war
Cold War
Beginning- One side does something big
- USA creates nuclear warheads
- The other side has to equal that
- USSR creates one
Middle
- The two sides are stuck in a deadlock
- Both sides keep creating new weapons, and no side can win
End
- So, they have to end in compromise
- No side wins and they end up destroying most of their weapons
Space Race
- USSR launches a satelite then gets a man in space
- US equals- gets a man on the moon
- They are stuck deadlocked
- So, they team up and nobody wins
- Same as the cold war