In the Film The Right Stuff the US and the USRR were competing in the Space Race. They were both trying to see who would get the first man up into space. In my perspective the Russians were the winners becasue they were the first to send up a satelite nd the first again to said a human being into space. The US had an advantage of about two weeks to send there first man in Space but they wasted time and the Russians received that oppurtunity. The US was a bit embarassed by this because while the Russians were sending a real man; we sent a chimp. That was not a good look for us. We had to be in the forfront with or technology. We had to show the World that we were the best in this Cold War. We had to come out on top. After a few years and a few failed rocket designs the US finally got there rocket to fly. They were able to send Alan Sheperd a fighter pilot into space. We finally passed the USRR in the race because he orbited the earth more times than the Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin did.
There were many scenes from this movie that will remind me of the Cold War. One scene that really stuck to me was the breaking of the sound barrier. This really put the US in advantagous position. Anoter scene that will help bring back memories to me is the failed attempts of the US to get rockets to launch. This scene was both informative and funny. The scene with Russia sending there man to space first will also stick with me ad remind me of the race of the Cold War. This moview really helped me out alot it gave me a new spin and perspective to the Cold War it showed me the intresting aspects that I will always remember.
