Space Race 5 questions by Peter Hammerschmidt https://padlet.com/25hammerschmidtp/sep12hgwp6o74u7o By:peter en-us 2022-04-07 17:22:48 UTC 2025-10-12 14:39:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f680.png Cold War - post_1 25hammerschmidtp https://padlet.com/25hammerschmidtp/sep12hgwp6o74u7o/wish/2135032666 The Cold War was a fierce political competition between the USSR and US that threatened the existence of Both America and Russia with Nukes]]> 2022-04-07 17:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/25hammerschmidtp/sep12hgwp6o74u7o/wish/2135032666 Cold War - post_2 25hammerschmidtp https://padlet.com/25hammerschmidtp/sep12hgwp6o74u7o/wish/2135045129 What was the significance of Sputnik?

The significance of Sputnik is that when Soviets announced that they got Sputnik in space the Americans feared that they were falling behind in getting new technology and that they were falling behind in the arms race furthering the tension between the two nations]]> 2022-04-07 17:36:29 UTC https://padlet.com/25hammerschmidtp/sep12hgwp6o74u7o/wish/2135045129 Cold War - post_3 25hammerschmidtp https://padlet.com/25hammerschmidtp/sep12hgwp6o74u7o/wish/2135049530 What agency was created in the US and how was it dedicated to the space journey?

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration).
Kinda explains itself]]> 2022-04-07 17:39:08 UTC https://padlet.com/25hammerschmidtp/sep12hgwp6o74u7o/wish/2135049530 Cold War - post_4 25hammerschmidtp https://padlet.com/25hammerschmidtp/sep12hgwp6o74u7o/wish/2135057677 How has the space race changed after the Cold War? 

The Space Race was a thing to further 3 main things
-Artificial Satellites (A.S)
-Unmanned Space Probes (U.S.P)
-Human Space Flight (H.S.F)]]> 2022-04-07 17:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/25hammerschmidtp/sep12hgwp6o74u7o/wish/2135057677 Cold War - post_5 25hammerschmidtp https://padlet.com/25hammerschmidtp/sep12hgwp6o74u7o/wish/2135066738 Who won the space race? How?

In America's history, they say they won because they got to the moon first but in Russia's history they say they won because they got a satellite in space first, got a man in space first and got animals in space first]]> 2022-04-07 17:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/25hammerschmidtp/sep12hgwp6o74u7o/wish/2135066738 Cold War - post_6 25hammerschmidtp https://padlet.com/25hammerschmidtp/sep12hgwp6o74u7o/wish/2135072535 What country would be the first to actually reach space and what accomplished for them?

USSR made it to space first and the man who was officially the first man in space was named Yuri Gagarin, this furthered their technology to get to the moon and further planets]]> 2022-04-07 17:53:24 UTC https://padlet.com/25hammerschmidtp/sep12hgwp6o74u7o/wish/2135072535