Flashcard sets with a 'sputnik' term meaning '1957- arms race started in 1945 after atomic bomb was dropped. now there is a space race. just a satellite. this terrified the western world. so... in 1958 nasa was created. typical competition. so usa and soviet union were both dumping a ton of money in weapons and space. but russia did it at the expense of everything else. (people were starving)'

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