Space Race TimelineVUS.15c

USSR? Year & Event USA?

1926

Robert Goddard

1944-1945

V-2 Program& Operation

Paperclip1957

Sputnik 1

Sputnik 2

Laika1958

Explorer I

Creation of NASA

National Defense

Education Act

AM-13Gordo1961

Vostok 1Yuri Gagarin

Freedom 7Alan Shepard

1962

Friendship 7John Glenn

JFK at Rice University

1963

Vostok 6Valentina

Tereshkova1968

Apollo 81969

Apollo 11(Armstrong,

Aldrin & Collins)1975

Apollo-Soyuz Rendezvous

1981

USS Columbia

1983

Sally Ride1988

International Space Station1990

Hubble Telescope

1997

Mars Rover2011

USS Atlantis landing2012

SpaceX Dragon

2030 (projected)

???Manned

Mission to Mars

???

Technological AdvancesVUS.15c

Advances in CommunicationsSatellites Global positioning system

(GPS)Personal Mobile Devices

Positive Effects

Potential Harm

Positive Effects

Potential Harm

Positive Effects

Potential Harm

Changes to WorkTelecommuting Outsourcing and Offshoring

Positive Effects Potential Harm Positive Effects Potential Harm

Robotics Growth of Service Industries

Positive Effects Potential Harm Positive Effects Potential Harm

Other Effects of New TechnologyOnline Educational Course Work Diagnostic & Imaging Technologies (MRIs &

CT Scans)

Positive Effects Potential Harm Positive Effects Potential Harm

Political CartoonsBreak into four groups. Examine your group of cartoons, then explain their meaning to the

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