Question

Which statement is false? A. Walter Cronkite’s enthusiastic coverage of the Space Race helped promote the program to the American public. B. The media’s approach to covering space exploration during the 1960s was to tell the story and focus on the people behind the science. C. Live television media coverage had a profound impact on how the Apollo 11 Moon landing was experienced by people throughout the world. D. The social context of the 1960s discouraged innovation and exploration because people were afraid of new technologies and feared being overrun by space aliens.

Answer 1

The correct answer is D) The social context of the 1960s discouraged innovation and exploration because people were afraid of new technologies and feared being overrun by space aliens.

That statement is false.

It is completely the opposite. During the decade of the 1960s, the United States was in the middle of the Cold War with the Soviet Union. Both nations wanted to have control of Nuclear Weapons. On one hand, the Soviet Union wanted to spread Communism around the world. On the other, the United States wanted to stop Communism and saw it as a threat to democracies. Both countries also were competing on the space race, with Russia at the front because it launched the Sputnik before the US launched any spacecraft. The USSR launched the Sputnik on October 4, 1957. SO the US started to invest a lot of money on research and in the US space program.

Answer 2

The only false statement from the choices given above is letter:

“D. The social context of the 1960s discouraged innovation and exploration because people were afraid of new technologies and feared being overrun by space aliens.”

 

In fact during that time, the interest for space exploration began to prosper. People was curios and began to wonder what is beyond in space.