Following WWII, the US and Soviet Union developed rockets capable of striking enemy territory located on the other side of the world.
Then, when the Soviets launched the first satellite, Sputnik, into orbit in 1959, the arms race was catapulted from the atmosphere to Low Earth Orbit and then to the Moon, the ultimate high ground. So when humans first went to the moon on 20 July, 1969, it was as much about politics as it was…
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