High-Altitude Rockets, Satellites, And Spacecraft: The Early History Of The Space Race
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Marcus Lowth
- November 29, 2020
- September 29, 2021
- 18 min read
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- Space, History
While today in our contemporary era there is much more corroboration in humanity’s desire to reach ever further into the far reaches of space, for a large part of the twentieth century there was very much a race to the stars involving the United States on one side and the Soviet Union on the other. Indeed, the Space Race was, in reality, another arm of the Cold War that dominated this same period.
Indeed, it is perhaps intriguing in itself that out of this ideological stand-off came the desire on both sides of the divide to out-do the other, came some of the greatest advancements in human history. It is perhaps safe to say that the Space Race was very much one of the main battlegrounds of the Cold War that would dominate ...
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Marcus Lowth
Marcus Lowth is a writer with a love for UFOs, aliens, and the Ancient Astronaut Theory, to the paranormal, general conspiracies, and unsolved mysteries. He has been writing and researching with over 20 years of experience.
Marcus has been Editor-in-Chief for several years due to his excellent knowledge in these fields. Marcus also regularly appears as an expert on radio talk shows including Troubled Minds and Unexplained Radio discussing these topics.
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