Notes
- In 1957 the Soviets launch the first Earth-orbiting satellite named Sputnik.
- About the size of a basketball and only made beeps
- People feared that atomic weapons would soon be delivered without airplanes
- This gave the USSR an upper hand and they began to demand concessions
ICBMs and Delivery Systems
- (ICBM) Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile
- MIRVs (Multiple Independently Targeted Re-entry Vehicles)
- Nuclear submarines
- M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction)
- Pre-emptive Strike
- SAC (Strategic Air Command) planes flying 24 hours a day
Summary
Instead of engaging in war these two countries compete in scientific achievements such as getting to space and eventually the moon. With the continuous technological advancements, there are new bombing systems put into play.
Quote
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."
JFK
JFK
subjunctive question
What would've been the result of Russia beating the US to put the first man on the moon?