The United States didn't want to stay behind, so it increased funding for its own space program in order to be more productive and launch more satellites.<span />
The United States was considered as a world power in space technology and the development of missiles. However, the launch of Sputnik I and the fact that one of the first two launch attempts failed, shook the American public. A crisis therefore occurred, called the "Sputnik crisis", due to the imminent threat of the Soviet Union. This event boosted the space race that led to the launch of the first human being into space and the landing of the first man on the moon (1969) through the Apollo Program.
Yes Because Jesse Owens Proved to adolf hitler and the nazis that their theories of anti semitism towards Jews and discrimination to minorities were wrong
