The US and USSR were competing in the film "The Right Stuff"in a technical race, for example going to space first. The USSR [Russians] were in the lead because they sent a person to the moon. The US sent a monkey but when it reached the atmosphere the monkey fell, but they had a parachute. So the US failed to attempt going higher then the Russians, even though the US put a satellite first called "Sputnita". The scene in the film that will help me remember the Cold War is when the US broke the sound barrier for the first time but they didn't want any press around for the Russians to find out.
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