Intersections

1. Technology

1.1. Missiles

1.2. Rocket Propulsion

1.3. Satellites

2. The Space Race

2.1. Laika, First Dog Into Space, Launched 1957

2.2. Yuri Gagarin orbits Earth, 1961

2.3. Alan Shepard orbits Earth, 1961

2.4. Alexi Lenonov performs first space walk, 1965

2.5. Neil Armstrong becomes first man on moon, 1969

3. MILITARIZATION

3.1. Scientific advancements made for militaristic gain

3.2. Spy planes like the U2

3.3. Communications and spy satellites

3.4. Jet spy aircraft

4. The Cold War

4.1. "We choose to go to the moon"

4.2. Nationalism

4.3. Perceived threat of Soviet supremacy

4.4. Second-best is a National Security Issue

5. Science

5.1. Human health in space

5.2. The physics of space travel

5.3. Nuclear fission

5.4. Satellite Transmission