Question: what was the purpose of the space race and astronomical exploration? Thesis: the U.S. and the USSR were trying to prove their scientific superiority and also protect their own territories from an attack from space. Sub Questions: How did the space race start? What drove each nation further into space? What were the achievements of the space race? Who won the space race? Essay: The space race was a mid 20th-century competition between the U.S. And the USSR. Each side used different strategies
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If the world could master space travel and innovate‚ Earth as a whole could solve many problems. These problems include the Helium Shortage‚ the precious metal shortage‚ and overpopulation on earth. We could also gain new knowledge by possibly communicating with more intelligent extra terrestrials. There are a lot of things that the human race as a whole‚ has not figured out how to do yet. If we could find other intelligent life in the world‚ it is possible that they have discovered the secrets
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or developing sophisticated space programs‚ Australia being among them. Hence‚ being an active UN member and signatory to numerous treaties and agreements regulating outer space activities‚ Australia realizes the importance of the presented issue. In the age of globalization and significant technological advancements‚ the outer space derived resources are vital components of daily life for societies around the globe. In order to ensure the exploration of the outer space is for the benefit and in the
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Space exploration and the space program in general‚ have been an important part of our past successes as a country. Today‚ as our government looks at budget reduction and cost cutting measures‚ the space program is being scrutinized more than ever. Should the space program be cut or should it be reinvented? To fully understand why the space program is so controversial‚ one must first understand where the space program began. Shortly after the end of World War II (1939-45)‚ the U.S. and the
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the Republican Party in handling international issues such as foreign policy and peacekeeping‚ 28 voted for the Democratic Party and 29 saw no distinction between the two. Of the few respondents who acknowledged “National defense preparedness” and “Space‚ Sputnik‚ and missiles” as the most important problems‚ most supported the Democrats on both issues‚ with ratios of 35 to 8 percent Republican and 50 to 21 percent respectively (Logsdon‚ 393). Even before the candidates were introduced‚ the Democratic
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Space technology has been developing considerably these recent decades. New discoveries about the moon and others planets are fascinating us. Even some fiction movies make us think that one day we can go to live on another planet. However‚ for the following reasons I do not support the idea that government should spend as much money as possible on developing space technology for the exploration of the moon and others planets. Space technology is very expensive and needs a colossal investment
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The Space Travel and Research Introduction Space contains the planets‚ countless galaxies and milky ways. Man has been able to go to space and collect pictures of the sun‚ the planets and the moon. Man has landed on the moon and he is trying to find out the existence of life on other planets. Telecommunication‚ weather forecasting‚ radio and television programmes etc. are all monitored by satellites in space. There are also military stations and spy satellites in space which pose a threat
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defense spending and space
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Whooshhh! Space exploration has many meanings to me. It means improved life on Planet Earth. It can help with saving energy‚ using our phones‚ and even predicting the weather! There are lots of meanings to space exploration and they all help us get through the day. Get Ready for lift off! We can rely on the weather reports updated on an hourly basis. The accurate weather forecast is possible only because of the satellites in the space. It’s easy to predict natural calamities such as floods‚ storms
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The ‘Space Race’ was an unofficial competition between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ the focus of which was space exploration. It began after World War II‚ in the mid-1950s‚ when Russia launched a satellite into space. After this‚ the race was on between America and Russia to gain as much ground in space as possible. The Space Race began in 1955‚ when both the United States and the Soviet Union announced they would be launching artificial satellites into space. Russia took the announcement
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