What's Behind the Space Race? - Richard H Sedliacik - July 1965

Richard H Sedliacik

What do recent U.S. and Soviet space exploits really MEAN? There's MORE to the relentless drive into space than just the "enrichment of Science." This eye-opening article reveals what's REALLY BEHIND the space race! On June 3, United States astronauts scored a space spectacular! The U.S. equaled and surpassed Russia's feat of floating a man outside his spacecraft in space! Major White - on our cover - stepped out of his orbiting Gemini IV spaceship and "spacewalked" over 6,000 miles while traveling 17,500 miles per hour! As he drifted at the end of a 25-foot tether line, White maneuvered himself in space with a "jet gun" - something the Russians haven't done yet. But in spite of this daring exploit in space, the U.S. is still lagging behind in other areas in the space race! The Soviet Union has already orbited one, two, and THREE men at a time, logging over 450 hours in space nearly THREE times more than the United States! - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library