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Essay / Research Paper Abstract
An 8 page thesis essay which confirms the technological preeminence given America for being the first nation on the
moon, but which also analyzes the closeness of the race and the competency of the Russian cosmonauts. The "rude awakening" experienced by America during Russia's
launch of Sputnik I and Sputnik II is discussed along with the procession of steps taken by America to place herself back in the space race. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Page Count:
8 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_LCSpace.doc
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of the moon on July 20, 1969 should have had a small addendum (Thorne PG). Perhaps he should have added the phrase "and one step ahead of the
Russians". For not only did that first tentative step onto the lunar surface break the space barrier, it also broke the ribbon stretched across the finish line of one
of the most frantic international races ever staged between members of the worlds super powers. The event was the Great Space Race that occupied the entire decade of the 1960s.
The competitors were the two largest of the world powers, the United States and Russia. The racetrack consisted of miles upon miles of uncharted space with the finish
line situated upon the face of the moon. The coveted cup was the right to the title of First Earth Nation to Walk Thereupon. It was a race
whose finish kept the world enthralled to the end. It was a race in which the United States emerged victorious and that has since been a source of American
pride. That small version of the Stars and Stripes that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrich planted in lunar soil that summer day in 1969 confirmed the fact that the
United States of America reigned supreme in space age technology and had won the race to the moon. It speaks of goals set and goals achieved, of challenges taken
and challenges met. The fact that America was first has been much discussed in the three decades since Apollo 11 landed the first men on the moon. Discussed
much less is the fact that the race was virtually "neck and neck" and if one more or one less mishap had occurred on either side, the flag fluttering in
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