What was a main reason the united states started the space program during the cold war?.

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The Cold War in space
When the Soviets launched the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, in October 1957, it set off alarm bells in the Eisenhower administration and created intense fear and anxiety among the US public that the Soviet Union had surpassed the technological achievements of the United States.

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