If you have heard the quote “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”, it is talking about how Neil Armstrong and his team, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins landed on the moon which marked history for the U.S. and for the world in 1969. After the successful mission of the Apollo 11 the U.S finally landed a man on the moon, this resulted in uniting America more than ever, it resulted in over 6,000 inventions that we use daily, and most importantly, it ended the space race between the USSR and US which costed billions of dollars.
After World War II finally ended in 1945, not long after a new problem sparked between the United States and Russia. This problem, also known as the Cold War was a battle where no shots were fired from either …show more content…
potentially saved billions of dollars. According to Rodrigo Diaz, the U.S. spent $176 billion (in today’s money) on all of the Apollo program 's (Source I, 26). As the years progressed, the government would have had to waste even more money to keep up with the technology of the USSR. According to W.J. Astore the US had put in a lot for the Vietnam War which means it would take time and effort to come back from it, “The Vietnam War was a costly struggle involving over 500,000 U.S. troops [at peak deployment strength] and billions of dollars of equipment”.(Source P,44) Apollo 11 occurred in 1969, and at this time the U.S. was in the Vietnam war, now that the U.S. was not completely focused on the Apollo program they can focus on the War. According to ushistory.com, the 70s is when the Vietnam War concluded which meant that the U.S. had to focus more on recovering from a war and a little less on the Apollo program(Source N,41). According to Bill Ganzel, the Vietnam War had a cost of almost $1 trillion. If the U.S. was still spending a tremendous amount of money on the Apollo program, it would hurt the economy drastically, but, since the Apollo 11 had a drawback to the amount helped …show more content…
Many people participated in events that were in support of the Apollo program. According to David Woods, when the astronauts returned, there was a parade thrown in their honor. There were millions of people in attendance (Source I,39). According to “The Telegraph”, around 600 million people watched the Apollo 11 landing live on television. (Source N, 45). This shows that people were interested in this event since majority of the U.S. tuned in to watch their own country make
After World War II finally ended in 1945, not long after a new problem sparked between the United States and Russia. This problem, also known as the Cold War was a battle where no shots were fired from either …show more content…
potentially saved billions of dollars. According to Rodrigo Diaz, the U.S. spent $176 billion (in today’s money) on all of the Apollo program 's (Source I, 26). As the years progressed, the government would have had to waste even more money to keep up with the technology of the USSR. According to W.J. Astore the US had put in a lot for the Vietnam War which means it would take time and effort to come back from it, “The Vietnam War was a costly struggle involving over 500,000 U.S. troops [at peak deployment strength] and billions of dollars of equipment”.(Source P,44) Apollo 11 occurred in 1969, and at this time the U.S. was in the Vietnam war, now that the U.S. was not completely focused on the Apollo program they can focus on the War. According to ushistory.com, the 70s is when the Vietnam War concluded which meant that the U.S. had to focus more on recovering from a war and a little less on the Apollo program(Source N,41). According to Bill Ganzel, the Vietnam War had a cost of almost $1 trillion. If the U.S. was still spending a tremendous amount of money on the Apollo program, it would hurt the economy drastically, but, since the Apollo 11 had a drawback to the amount helped …show more content…
Many people participated in events that were in support of the Apollo program. According to David Woods, when the astronauts returned, there was a parade thrown in their honor. There were millions of people in attendance (Source I,39). According to “The Telegraph”, around 600 million people watched the Apollo 11 landing live on television. (Source N, 45). This shows that people were interested in this event since majority of the U.S. tuned in to watch their own country make