Space Race Missions


	Sputnik, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo 1, Apollo 11, Apollo 13 Consider the goals, outcomes, "ulterior" motives and ultimate U.S./Soviet collaboration. Did the space race contribute to U.S. efforts to spread the word? Was it worth the cost in human lives and money?

Sputnik (Nov. 15, 1998)

Memorandum from C.P. Cabell to B.A. Schriever, "Research and Development on Proposed Rand Satellite Reconnaissance Vehicle" (March 17, 1951)
Memorandum from Ken Mansfield, "Intercontinental Ballistic Rocket Program" (March 27, 1954).
Report from RAND Corporation, "Recommendation to the Air Staff: An Earlier Reconnaissance Satellite System" (November 12, 1957).
Memorandum for J.R. Killian, Jr. from President's Science Advisory Committee, Ballistic Missiles Panel, "Whither Ballistic Missile Systems?" (March 4, 1958).
Letter from J.R. Killian, Jr. to Dwight D. Eisenhower (March 8, 1958).
Memorandum by A.J. Goodpaster, "Memorandum of Conference with the President March 10, 1958 - 10:20 AM" (March 11, 1958).
Memorandum from Lawrence McQuade to Paul Nitze, "But Where Did the Missile Gap Go?" (May 31, 1963).
NASA on Sputnik

Mercury

Gemini

Apollo 1

Apollo 11 (July 20, 1969 - Moon Landing)

Apollo Soyuz