Film lessson- the right stuff

The U.S and the USSR were competing in a race to get to space. his film shows the old days on how NASA was back in the days of the space program. The Russians were able to launch their first satellite in space which was called spudnik. The U.S were terrified about the satellite and they were afraid that the Russians will be one ot two steps ahead of them. The U.S decided to send the first man to space.

The U.S were searching for candidates that were perfect and found test pilots. The U.S tried to test the rockets to see if they were able to launch it in space. Many months have passed and there had been alot of failed test. While trying, they also decided to send a chimp up to space. The first man up was a Russian and the Chimp was the first american. The U.S were really behind the Russians. They felt embarrased and threatened.

The U.S tried to send the first american man up to space, but they still used the chimp for testing. There was about seven people who were able to go to space. others failed the test.

NATO and the Warsaw Pact

NATO was a organization that involved in the countries of Europe and North America. If any countries were to be under attack, then the other allies will come to their help. The Warsaw Pact was another mutual defence ran by the Soviet Union in the Cold War. The Soviets were able to create a nuclear bomb in cuba to use while they were in a war. This kind of weapon was something that could start a nuclear war.

The Cold War was actually part of the space war that the U.S and the USSR were having. They had to many conflicts and disagreements on development, weapons, etc. The USSR were trying to get their hands on nuclear weapons. The" Iron Curtain" was something that divided Europe into two separate areas of the end of World War II.

People would imagine what would have happen if we did use nuclear weapons again in the Cold War instead of arguing about stuff. The world would probably be in chaos not just between the U.S and the Soviet Union.