This paper details of the
space race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and how and why it
was a show of power and superiority. The author looks many different aspects of the
space race including, its purpose, how it was used to show the other country its weaknesses, how it enabled both countries to explore the uncharted vastness of space and find for it new military and how they attempted to use the moon as the ultimate propaganda tool.