Author's Note: I am doing a project on space with two other people, and I researched the Space Race. This is my essay.
The Russians and Americans were in the middle of the cold war, constantly trying to make themselves look better than the other, but also trying to prove that they were going to be the first one to launch a ballistic missile. Then, in 1957 Russia took the battle to space by launching the first successful satellite into space. From then on Russians and Americans kept battling it out in space, and for a while, the Russians kept winning. They sent out the first satellite, the second satellite and the first man on the moon. Americans were worried that the Russians were going to launch a ballistic missile, and that the war was lost. But then, as JFK promised seven years earlier, the Americans sent the first man to the moon, on July 21 1969. Americans suddenly had hope. From there the Cold War started to unwind, finally ending in 1975 when Russia and the U.S. did a joint mission in space, making the International Space Station, which is still in space today. The Space Race was a very important time in history.
Without the Space Race, we wouldn't have satellites in space orbiting earth and we wouldn't have plans on exploring space further in the future. These things are very important because without satellites we couldn't have cell phone communication, television or radio, which are three main staples in America, which would practically keep us back in the Stone Age of technology.
Although, we are still in the Stone Age of space exploration. We've explored our solar system in minimal depth, so that we only know a few things about every part of it. As technology advances further, we could explore our own solar system in much more depth, as long as gaining more information about space outside our own solar system, and even galaxy.
Space is the great unknown, and with the current technology we have, we know more about space than what we've ever known. We've discovered nebulae and new galaxies. We know more about black holes and stars. Space has become less of a mystery to us. The Space Race was the platform for all of this to happen, which is why it is one of the important times in recent history.
The Russians and Americans were in the middle of the cold war, constantly trying to make themselves look better than the other, but also trying to prove that they were going to be the first one to launch a ballistic missile. Then, in 1957 Russia took the battle to space by launching the first successful satellite into space. From then on Russians and Americans kept battling it out in space, and for a while, the Russians kept winning. They sent out the first satellite, the second satellite and the first man on the moon. Americans were worried that the Russians were going to launch a ballistic missile, and that the war was lost. But then, as JFK promised seven years earlier, the Americans sent the first man to the moon, on July 21 1969. Americans suddenly had hope. From there the Cold War started to unwind, finally ending in 1975 when Russia and the U.S. did a joint mission in space, making the International Space Station, which is still in space today. The Space Race was a very important time in history.
Without the Space Race, we wouldn't have satellites in space orbiting earth and we wouldn't have plans on exploring space further in the future. These things are very important because without satellites we couldn't have cell phone communication, television or radio, which are three main staples in America, which would practically keep us back in the Stone Age of technology.
Although, we are still in the Stone Age of space exploration. We've explored our solar system in minimal depth, so that we only know a few things about every part of it. As technology advances further, we could explore our own solar system in much more depth, as long as gaining more information about space outside our own solar system, and even galaxy.
Space is the great unknown, and with the current technology we have, we know more about space than what we've ever known. We've discovered nebulae and new galaxies. We know more about black holes and stars. Space has become less of a mystery to us. The Space Race was the platform for all of this to happen, which is why it is one of the important times in recent history.
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