The Space Race

What caused the space race between the Soviets and Americans?

• The need to demonstrate technological and military superiority

• Pressure from other countries to advance space exploration

• Competition for access to scarce resources in space

• Improved relations as a result of nuclear weapons treaties

What TWO anxieties in America caused the U.S. to commit resources to the Space Race?

• Fear in being surpassed technologically by the Soviets

• Economic concerns about not investing enough in science

• Anxiety about a missile gap between the U.S. and the Soviets

• Worries about allowing the Soviets to get resources from space

How did the U.S. respond to the early space achievements of the Soviets?

• By creating NASA and investing in science and math education.

• By initiating diplomatic talks to collaborate on space exploration

• By reducing its own space exploration efforts to focus on other priorities

• By threatening to create weapons to destroy Soviet satellites

What early achievements did the Soviets enjoy in the Space Race?

• Only launching the first satellite into space

• Launching the first satellite, animal, and human into space

• Achieving the first spacewalk in human history

• Completing the first successful moon landing

What was John F. Kenned's goal with the Space Race?

• To have the fastest spacecraft ever

• To be the first to Mars

• To be the first to send a man to the moon

• To colonize the moon

WHAT STARTED THE SPACE RACE ?  

• SOVIET UNION LAUNCHED  SPUTNIK 

• UNITED STATES ESTABLISHED NASA

• THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE APOLLO PROGRAM

• 1ST FEMALE COSMONAUT LAUNCHED INTO SPACE

WHAT STARTED THE SPACE RACE ?  

• SOVIET UNION LAUNCHED  SPUTNIK 

• UNITED STATES ESTABLISHED NASA

• THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE APOLLO PROGRAM

• 1ST FEMALE COSMONAUT LAUNCHED INTO SPACE

​ (a)   made increased support for space programs (or space research) a national goal in the United States.

• President John Kennedy

• John Glenn

• Neil Armstrong

• President Dwight D. Eisenhower

American space pilots were called astronauts. What were Soviet space pilots called?

• Comradnauts 

• Cosmonauts 

• Rocketmen

• Brezhnevers

WHICH PRESIDENT WAS COMMITTED TO SENDING A MAN TO THE MOON ?  

• LBJ

• JFK

• DWIGHT EISENHOWER