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~ 3 PARTS 1ST DISCUSSION OF US SPACE PGM (EXAMPLES OF ITS USE AS INSTRUMENT OF US LEADERSHIP) 2ND 3RD SET THE STAGE -EARLY 50'S (1 EXISTING SUPERPOWER - 1 EMERGING) US: TECHNOLOGICALLY FOR SUPERIOR (USSR = THREAT, BUT LUMBERING) (TECHNOLOGIES: BALLISTIC MISSILES, NUCLEAR WEAPONS) THEN IN 1957: SOV. LAUNCHED SPUTNIK STUNNED US POLITICIANS & PUBLIC →SEVERAL LEVELS: USSR~TECH EQUAL IMPLICATION: ROCKET W/ SATELLITE → MISSILE W/ WARHEAD SPUTNIK ROCKETED USSR INTO POSITION OF TECH SUPERPOWER & THEY USED SPACE PGM TO BOLSTER IMAGE [1ST LIVING THINGS MAN IN SPACE, ETC] →US USED SPACE PGM TO COUNTER & RE-ASSERT ITS CLAIM AS TECH LEADER: 1961'S (BEFORE GLENN) KENNEDY ANNOUNCED: W/IN DECADE TO MOON & BACK BEGAN RACE TO MOON, WHICH US WON (< DECADE) → LEADERSHIP MEANT BEING FIRST [DID IT ALONE DID IT FIRST] 60'S: IMPORTANT INSIR. TO ESTABLISH INTERNATIONAL PRESTIGE WORLD'S A DIFFERENT PLACE (& HAS BEEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS) SUGGEST ANOTHER FORM OF LEADERSHIP: NOT BEING 1ST, BUT TAKING THE LEAD IN MARSHALLING FORCES TO DEFENSE &CARRY OUT A PROGRAM OF IMPORTANCE TELL ABOUT ONE SUCH PROGRAM. IN LAST ~20 YRS ..... EARTH IS COMPLEX CAN'T STUDY IN ISOLATION NEED GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE(SHUTTLE PHOTOS) CAPABITIES [[CAPABILITIES]] TO EXPLORE ... (OUR OWN AS WELL)... JOB IS TO [[TOO]] BIG TO BE DONE BY 1 COUNTRY ... DEMONSTRATE LEADERSHIP BY LEADING EFFORT (PLAN & IMPLEMENT)