The United States and the Soviet Union were not just content to compare each others BALLS in the post war period, however, after the Soviets put "Sputnik" into orbit in October, 1957, concern over THRUST, as in "what country has the most rocket thrust?" became paramount, as even the men selected to be America's first group of Astronauts admitted to the press early on...
If you have enough POWER to kick up anything you want - which the Russians have - you can do a lot of things! (Donald K. Slayton)
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