Yazıcıoğlu, Ünal Deniz (2009) HOW DID THE USA'S AND USSR'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE SPACE RACE EFFECT THE OUTCOME OF THE COLD WAR BETWEEN USSR AND USA? Other thesis, TED ANKARA COLLEGE FOUNDATION HIGH SCHOOL.
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Abstract
In this extended essay I have researched the Cold War, the political and military crises that have been lived through by the countries involved in the Cold War, accomplishments in Space Travel and great leaps in Space Technology and the outcomes of those events. My research question was “Did the USA and the USSR's accomplishments in the Space Race effect the outcomes of the Cold War?” I have compiled these research I have done and used it to prove my hypothesis. The hypothesis that I have tried to prove was that the expenses of the Space Race combined with the ongoing political and military crises and the NASA reaching the goals set by the US president made the USSR loose their public support and the prestige gained with the previous accomplishments in the early years of the Space Race and this made it easier for the Soviets to collapse. It turns out that the soviets had accomplished many of their goals like placing an artificial satellite on the earths orbit, sending animals to space, sending a spacecraft to the moon and performing a manned space flight and gained great international prestige and public support from their citizens but later the money used for space research had to be moved to armament costs and this time the United States managed to send the first humans to the Moon. This made the Soviets loose the public support and prestige they have gained before. After the Apollo 11's success there came the Afghan war and public morale in the USSR decreased followed by economic crises and that was how Space Race effected the collapse of the Soviets.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Other) |
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| Additional Information: | IB Notu: D |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cold War, USA, USSR |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PE English |
| Depositing User: | Kamil Çömlekçi |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jun 2009 12:15 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Apr 2019 10:30 |
| URI: | http://tedprints.tedankara.k12.tr/id/eprint/13 |
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