Space Race | Ep 2: Falling Behind | American History Tellers

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After WWII, German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun and his team arrived in America. He was soon pushing for space exploration, but the U.S. military had other priorities. Meanwhile, the Soviets would achieve a breakthrough that would stun the world.

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[plunder]

I was one year old when Sputnik climbed into the sky. The Space race spanned my childhood and teenage years. It seems as if America wasted EIGHT YEARS before giving the Huntsville team the chance to show what they could do. Just as they did with Goddard, They simply refused to see the potential It was crazy.