I believe the answer would be the second choice.
Answer:
If once you have slept on an island
You’ll never be quite the same;
You may look as you looked the day before
And go by the same old name,
You may bustle about in street and shop;
You may sit at home and sew,
But you’ll see blue water and wheeling gulls
Wherever your feet may go.
Explanation:
The Space Race was the name given
<span>Corrupt Wiemar republic, huge unemployment and inflation where a wheelbarrow of money could buy only one loaf of bread. </span>
The men were exhausted, so that is why thet didn't retaliate.