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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)