At the dawn of space conquest
Space conquest was caused by the cold War , a way of rivalry between the two superpowers of the 60s : the United States of America and the USSR. America invested in Apollo program and the USSR in Sputnik. Both worked really hard and kept watching the progress of each other's programs .The major challenge of the Cold War was to show his superiority .The two superpowers have used all their means in the conquest of space, convinced that who would win this battle would take a very important psychological and political ascendancy.