From CNN China in space piece: “Less than a month later the United States — driven by Cold War paranoia about the communist take over of space — launched its first astronaut, Alan Shepard, on a sub-orbital flight.”
From CNN China in space piece: “Less than a month later the United States — driven by Cold War paranoia about the communist take over of space — launched its first astronaut, Alan Shepard, on a sub-orbital flight.”