It was the incident which expedited U.S involvement in World War 1.
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Censorship can affect a free society by limiting the words and actions of people who wish to express themselves in certain ways. This restriction of freedom however is often necessary in order to preserve a functioning society.
Aside from a general curiosity about space, the United States wanted to go to space because the Russians were trying to get there too, and we were in a "cold" war with them.