briefly tell me what was the space race?

Question

i dont want this to be long and drawn out just to the point.
thanks = )

Answer 1

The Space Race was a competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union, which lasted roughly from 1957 to 1975. It involved the efforts to explore outer space with artificial satellites, to send humans into space, and to land people on the Moon.


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Answer 2

"Space Race" refers to whenever two countries (formerly the US and the USSR, now the US and probably China) are trying to accomplish some big thing in space technology.

The most famous case (at least in the Western countries) was putting a man on the moon. In the East, however, they would argue that putting a satellite in orbit was more important.

In the past, the primary motivation for accomplishing these tasks is that having the ability to put anything you want in orbit or on the moon means that you could create military assets (i.e. bombs, bases) in places that the opponent would find it hard to strike.

Ultimately, the higher you are on the mountain, the harder it is for the other guy to get at you. This is just taking that concept ... above the mountain.

By the way, in the above poster's comment regarding the pen and pencil...

Actually, the correct figure was about a million dollars, though that was 1970s dollars so quite a bit more by today's standards.

However, the technology of a pen that can write in any position has easily paid for itself, whereas the Russians gained nothing with pencil technology because it was (is) common place.

NASA etc. created all kinds of new technology which has created all kinds of markets and solved all kinds of non-related problems by licensing off this technology. According to the GAO, every dollar spent on the Apollo program (and those leading up to it) added 9 dollars to the economy with new industries, new technology and new markets.

Answer 3

The Space Race was a competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union, which lasted roughly from 1957 to 1975.[citation needed] It involved the efforts to explore outer space with artificial satellites, to send humans into space, and to land people on the Moon.

Though its roots lie in early rocket technology and in the international tensions following World War II, the Space Race effectively began after the Soviet launch of Sputnik 1 on 4 October 1957. The term originated as an analogy to the arms race. The Space Race became an important part of the cultural, technological, and ideological rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Space technology became a particularly important arena in this conflict, because[specify] of both its potential military applications and the morale-boosting social benefits.

Answer 4

The Space Race was a competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union, which lasted roughly from 1957 to 1975. It involved the efforts to explore outer space with artificial satellites, to send humans into space, and to land people on the Moon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_race

The Cold War inspired competition between the Russian and the US space programs to be the first to put a man on the moon.
http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/newshuttle/gloss.php

A competition between the Soviet Union and the United States to prove their superiority in technology through increasingly impressive accomplishments in space. The race to space began in 1957 when the Soviet Union successfully launched the first satellite, Sputnik.
http://history1900s.about.com/od/greateventsofthecentury/a/cwglossary_2.htm

Battle between the United States and the Soviet Union for dominance in outer space.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/glossary/nz.index.html

Answer 5

The USSR and the USA had a race to see who could be first to land a man on the moon (and return, a big part of the equation). The USA won the race.

Answer 6

The space race was a race between the soviets/& the United States;like who is going to the moon 1st,& lay claim /plant flag,like 1st dibs on it for territorial rights,etc..Similar to Columbus claiming the new worrld in the name of the Holy Roman Pope,& king & queen of Spain,who backed his expedition.

Answer 7

race to the moon the Americans said they did it the Russians gave up

the Americans spent about a billion dollars on a pen that could work in space,upside down and under water

the Russians took a pencil

Answer 8

The major world powers race to be the first country to put an astronaut into space.

Answer 9

America vs Russia; who could send a man to the moon first

Answer 10

It's the race between countries to explore outrspace before the other one does