<span>Stalin's refusal to remove Soviet troops from Eastern Europe after World War II.</span>
<span>It prevents despotism by the executive branch and watered down, compromised, indecisive governance by committee by the legislative branch so yes it's a good thing.</span>
Why the US won the space race?
Conclusion of the Space Race. By landing on the moon, the United States effectively “won” the space race that had begun with Sputnik's launch in 1957. For their part, the Soviets made four failed attempts to launch a lunar landing craft between 1969 and 1972, including a spectacular launch-pad explosion in July 1969.