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The Americans were shocked when the Soviets were able to place the first ever satellite in to space in 1957.
If they were able to put things in to space, what capabilities would they have for their nuclear missiles?
They were further shocked by the Soviet putting the first man in to space in 1961
It spurred the US to try and out-compete the Soviets in a space race by putting a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s