The Space Race: Sputnik, ICBMs
ICBMs and Delivery Systems
SummaryKrushchev states that USSR wants to peacefully coexist with USA, after many years of competition. The nations did not violently fight eachother; however, they did battle academically, greatly advancing technology and introducing satellites, ICBM's, nuclear submarines and putting the first man on the moon.
Quote:Don't tell me that man doesn't belong out there. Man belongs wherever he wants to go - and he'll do plenty well when he gets there."
-Wernher von Braun, 1958 Question:Would the US have had the upper hand if they had created the first earth orbiting satellite?
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