On October 4, 1957, the first artificial satellite was launched into space by the Soviets. The name of this big satellite was Sputnik and traveled around the Earth at about 18,000 miles per hour. This scared the Americans traumatically because the satellite could land on them at any given time without knowing it was coming. Americans felt like they were falling greatly behind in the new technology, which left them increasing their study habits. They thought that the level of education would help them succeed 
with new technology, so the levels of mathematics and science increased greatly. The United States wanted to try as soon as possible to get a satellite in space next yet… that plan didn’t pan out so well at first. Their satellites were such a disaster at the beginning they were drawn to the press’s eyes before they could dig their selves of the hole and were called names such as “Flopnik” and “Stayputnik”. The United Stated began making changes to redeem themselves from those names and finally launched their first satellite on January 31, 1958; with not stopping they began trying to make the next bigger and better satellite.
with new technology, so the levels of mathematics and science increased greatly. The United States wanted to try as soon as possible to get a satellite in space next yet… that plan didn’t pan out so well at first. Their satellites were such a disaster at the beginning they were drawn to the press’s eyes before they could dig their selves of the hole and were called names such as “Flopnik” and “Stayputnik”. The United Stated began making changes to redeem themselves from those names and finally launched their first satellite on January 31, 1958; with not stopping they began trying to make the next bigger and better satellite. 
I like how you contributed education and failure as the main factors in pushing the USA on to getting a successful satellite launched.
ReplyDeletei like the way you worded this as the US getting back at the USSR. i can see the competition
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