Cold War - The Space Race by Gabriel Monskey https://padlet.com/25monskeyg/wv212akna9n4ds6y Made with magic en-us 2022-04-07 18:12:11 UTC 2022-04-07 18:48:16 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f680.png What is the Cold War? 25monskeyg https://padlet.com/25monskeyg/wv212akna9n4ds6y/wish/2135121647 Following World War II, the Cold War was a period of international tensions between the United Soviet union and The United, as well as their respective allies.]]> 2022-04-07 18:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/25monskeyg/wv212akna9n4ds6y/wish/2135121647 What was the significance of Sputnik? 25monskeyg https://padlet.com/25monskeyg/wv212akna9n4ds6y/wish/2135125860 Sputnik 1 was launched and reached Earth's orbit on October 4, 1957. As a result, the space age began. The successful launch stunned the world, establishing the erstwhile Soviet Union as the first country to launch a man-made object into the cosmos.]]> 2022-04-07 18:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/25monskeyg/wv212akna9n4ds6y/wish/2135125860 What country would be the first to actually reach space? 25monskeyg https://padlet.com/25monskeyg/wv212akna9n4ds6y/wish/2135129640 On April 12, 1961, the Soviet Union launched cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human into space, for a one-orbit tour around the Earth.]]> 2022-04-07 18:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/25monskeyg/wv212akna9n4ds6y/wish/2135129640 What agency was created in the US and how was it dedicated to the space journey? 25monskeyg https://padlet.com/25monskeyg/wv212akna9n4ds6y/wish/2135136982 NASA is a US federal agency in charge of science and technology in the fields of air and space. With the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik in 1957, the Space Age began. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was founded in 1958. The agency was established to manage space travel and aeronautics research in the United States.]]> 2022-04-07 18:33:08 UTC https://padlet.com/25monskeyg/wv212akna9n4ds6y/wish/2135136982 Why was president Kennedy’s proclamation of getting a man to the moon so important? What does this have to do with project Apollo? 25monskeyg https://padlet.com/25monskeyg/wv212akna9n4ds6y/wish/2135142652 Kennedy saw the importance of restoring America's confidence and set out to not just match, but to outperform the Soviets. He stood before Congress on May 25, 1961, to make a special statement on "urgent national issues." He requested an additional $7 billion to $9 billion for the space program over the next five years, declaring that "this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the earth." President John F. Kennedy chose this dramatic aim to focus and mobilize the country's faltering space programs.]]> 2022-04-07 18:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/25monskeyg/wv212akna9n4ds6y/wish/2135142652 Who won the Space Race? 25monskeyg https://padlet.com/25monskeyg/wv212akna9n4ds6y/wish/2135145816 Who Came Out on Top in the Space Race? The United States essentially "won" the space race that began with the launch of Sputnik in 1957 by landing on the moon. Between 1969 and 1972, the Soviets attempted four times to launch a lunar landing craft, including a magnificent launch-pad explosion in July 1969.]]> 2022-04-07 18:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/25monskeyg/wv212akna9n4ds6y/wish/2135145816 How was competition created between the United States and the Soviet Union in the Space Race? 25monskeyg https://padlet.com/25monskeyg/wv212akna9n4ds6y/wish/2135152543 During the Cold War, the US and the Soviet Union competed to see who possessed the most advanced space technology. This included competitions such as who would be the first to launch a human spaceship into space and who would be the first one to set foot on The moon. Each time one nation had an advancement, the other would raise the bar for winning the Space Race]]> 2022-04-07 18:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/25monskeyg/wv212akna9n4ds6y/wish/2135152543 What 3 comparisons could be made in technology in the present to the impact made by the space race? 25monskeyg https://padlet.com/25monskeyg/wv212akna9n4ds6y/wish/2135159634 The US, Russia, North Korea, and China are trying to make ICBMs better than anyone else. Nations trying to get better technological warfare methods. A final comparison is the US and India trying to get to Mars.

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