Is the reason for the space-race because the moon and mars surrface reflect from gold and jems?
2006-10-27 07:35:27 · 8 answers · asked by Peoples Oakland 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No
2006-10-27 07:37:30 · answer #1 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. The reason for the space race in the 50's and 60's was simply national pride. We had just come out of WWII and found that we had a new mortal enemy - USSR. We had to show that we were better than the Soviets by getting to the moon first. It was a thrown-together thing, for all the engineering marvels that came out of it (and all the spin-offs as well: velcro for one), and it is surprising that we didn't lose more people to these missions than we did.
2006-10-27 07:40:55 · answer #2 · answered by Wally M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Three words... Cold War politics. It was a war of ideologicies between the United States and the old Soviet Union that spurred the development of spacecraft and the policies of national pride.
2006-10-27 12:45:11 · answer #3 · answered by Elwin Coldiron 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The space race is all about politics. It is for bragging rights. That and the fact that a space rocket is just an intercontinental ballistic missile with a capsule instead of a bomb on top.
2006-10-27 07:40:30 · answer #4 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
national pride during the cold war
2006-10-27 07:44:11 · answer #5 · answered by me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It was about national prise and the military "high ground".
2006-10-27 07:43:27 · answer #6 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh WOW-- seeing questions like this really makes me afraid for our future as a species!!
2006-10-27 08:18:36 · answer #7 · answered by nor2006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol i don't think so
2006-10-27 07:39:51 · answer #8 · answered by Sweetie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋