Personal Narrative: The Space Race

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As president I would have sent in more planes for bigger destruction. One reason is because the planes only killed seven people. Also, I would have sent in not just the Cuban exiles but lots of my own troops too. I would have sent in a few battle ships to attack the troops on the shore. But castro also gave us a warning by saying he was going to send all troops too. I would have bombed them with our atomic bombs. In conclusion I would have sent in double the amount that Kennedy did. The space race was a race against the US and the USSR to see who could get to the moon first. The Spudnik was the first satellite to space launched by USSR. However, the USSR was the first to launch a man to orbit earth Neil Armstrong was the first man to the

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