Race to space

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(idea) by KaZe JoNeS (7.1 y) (print) ? I like it! Sat Nov 13 1999 at 14:49:00

The race to conquer space. It was catapulted by World War II and The Cold War. By the 50s, The U.S. and Russia were the two powerhouses of the world. The conflict grew too big for Earth and it soon spread to space. With Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin reaching space before the U.S. could get off the ground, NASA became desperate. The Russians were first in space, but America would be the first to the moon. It was the achieving of this goal that led America to win the Race to space.

(idea) by dizzy (2.7 y) (print) ? I like it! Sun Jun 18 2000 at 10:29:30

I suppose it is an indication of the sheer overweening arrogance of the the US and USSR that they thought they could "conquer" space. You don't conquer space. You can't conquer space. It's vast beyond any human's imagining.

Space just is.

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Round 42

Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space

It's very hard to destroy the Universe

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