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Why did space become a battle ground in the Cold War?

Why did space become a battle ground in the Cold War?. Joon. Thesis Statement.

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Why did space become a battle ground in the Cold War?

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  1. Why did space become a battle ground in the Cold War? Joon

  2. Thesis Statement • The space program became the leading project during the Cold War where two superpowers were to use it as military, political, and economical superiority over one another meanwhile it was to grant two men’s ideologies to achieve space travelling.

  3. Father of Space Program • Wernher Von Braun: In early times during Nazis regime, he was the technical director of ballistic missile program. He, also helped develop the American missile and space exploration programs. He helped United States to compete in Space Race. • Sergey Korolyov: USSR’s chief rocket and spacecraft engineer. Previously years, he was imprisoned six years in Siberia during Joseph Stalin’s Great Purge during 1938. He made it possible for Soviet Union to launch world’s first artificial satellite in space, Sputnik on 1957.

  4. Early Space race: 1955~1961 • Declaration of artificial satellite in space from both superpowers on 1955 • Sputnik first artificial satellite to be in the space, by Soviet Union on 1957, which embarrassed United States’ technology. • Explorer 1, after 4 months later Sputnik was launched, United States launch their first artificial satellite. • First man to be in Space in 1961, Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on April 12, and American Astronaut Alan Shepard in May 5.

  5. Space Race to Moon Race: 1961~1969 • President John F. Kennedy supports the Moon race, initiating the Apollo Program on May 25 1961. • The space race competition continued even in Moon race. • Soviet Union Soyuz spacecraft and United States Apollo spacecraft, both were the name of spacecraft that would land in the Moon. • 1969, United States wins the Moon race when Apollo 11 lands in the Moon, Neil Armstrong gets to be the first man stepping on the moon.

  6. Space Race ends:1970~1975 • Space Station • Soviet’s Space station Salyut 1 was launched on April 1971. • United States follows to launch their space station called Skylab 1 on May 19 1973, then later launched Skylab 4 on July 11 1979. • During the period of Détente in 1970s, both superpowers did a joint mission called Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). It was the political plan to ease both nations’ relations.

  7. Continuation of Space • President Ronald Reagan announced Strategic Defense Initiative in 1983. It was designed to prevent Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD). • President Bill Clinton renamed it as Ballistic Missile Defense Organization in 1993. • Potential to develop future space technology and space warfare.

  8. Conclusion • It has become inevitable for both superpowers to use space as their competition, because the space technology was hinted to be the next future generation of world’s technology. In the meantime it was the best way to use it as a ostensible decoration between the two superpowers, without any casualties of winning.

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