Film Lesson- The Right Stuff

In the movie, The Right Stuff, the U.S. and the Soviet Union were competing in a "space race" to send people into space. It began after World War 2 ended. The U.S. and the Soviet Union were allies at the time, but it was obvious that it wouldn't last. The U.S. wanted to stay ahead of the Soviets. At first, America was clearly ahead technologically. A U.S. pilot even managed to break the sound barrier and move at Mach speeds. Then the Soviets managed to send a satelite called Sputnik into space, and the race really began. The U.S. wanted to take it to the next level-they wanted to send people into space. Thousands of people signed of for the chance, but only seven were actually chosen. The first test launches by the U.S. were disastrous. Eventually, the U.S. managed to send a chimpazee into space. However, the Soviet Union took mit one step further by sending the first person into space. At the time, the U.S.S.R. was winning the space race.

I think that the most memorable scene of the movie was the scene where the U.S. is trying to launch a rocket into space, and isn't having any luck. That scene shows you how desperate the U.S. was to stay ahead of the Soviet Union. o them, it didn't matter how long it took, as long as they managed to come out on top.