Sputnik sets up a new deal

Despite the american will to be first, they can't stop Soviets from developing new technologies that would jeopardize their own victory.

Places and forms of Power
In this document, we understand the confrontation between the two most powerful countries at that time: the USA and the USSR.

Concerning Sputnik, it represents the supremacy of the Soviets at that moment in the space race. The USA are outdistanced.

We also understand that it not only about the space race but about the arms race. The USA are not scared by the satellite but by the rocket capable of sending a huge payload with a fine precision. In other words, the USA are scared by the Russian’s military power.
The idea of Progress
Sputnik is a huge progress for humanity. It is the first object sent in space by humans. It sets the start of a new age, that of humans breaking free of their own planet.

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