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The geopolitics of space I - Coggle Diagram
The geopolitics of space I
World War 1
The possible humiliation of the allied powers, mostly Germany by part of the treaty of Versailles left Germany in a huge economic, social and political deficit in relation to other countries. In addition, they became widely underpowered. As a possible result, there was a new spark of desire to achieve new forms of greatness which possibly led to the incitation of spacial curiosity amongst germans.
In addition, the gaining of momentum both military and economic from other countries might have led to the curiosity of going beyond earth and possibly exploiting other resources beyond what had been known so far.
Lastly, the divulging of space literature, space exploration novels and the propagation of scientific fiction literature around Europe and North America might have led to the raising of a new interest in traveling to space and learning about new possibilities outside of the "known" areas.
World War 2
Failure of German Appeasment
Failure and exclusion by the League of Nations
Germany's Militarism
Japans Militarism and mobilization
Economic Depression
Failure of the treaty of Versailles
Rocket Scientists
Hermann Oberth
Responsible for designing the liquid fueled rocket independent from both Goddard and Tsiolkovsky
Werhner von Braun
Responsible for the ideation of the V2 Rockets part of his team became coopted by the USA at the end of WW2 who then helped in creating the Manhantan project and later the creation of rockets
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Responsible for the building the first wind tunnels of the soviet union and studied aerodynamics
Cold War in Space
Division of two Main Super Powers
USA
Apollo Program
The apollo program was a program created by Nasa in which American astronauts travelled a total of 11 times to space and one of these flights resulting in man's first contact with the moon's surface.
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-was-apollo-program-58.html#:~:text=Apollo%20was%20the%20NASA%20program,Apollo%20flight%20happened%20in%201968
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Impact: Was widely dependent on the USA's main rival of the time, USSR , and studies suggest that much of its investment came with the progression of the Sputnik program which actually came before the Apollo program. In a way this Program served as a show of strength and response to the soviet Union in a time of large competition between the two main super powers during the cold war.
USSR
Sputnik Program
The Sputnik program, according to space travel, was a series of unnamed space missions launched by the soviet union in the 1950s.
https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/s/Sputnik_program.htm#:~:text=The%20Sputnik%20program%20was%20a,the%20viability%20of%20artificial%20satellites
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Impact: may be seen as a form of showing influence and technological superiority to the USA by not only demonstrating their technological expertise but also showing the mobilization time and efficiency of sending the first man to space, Yuri Gagarian, nearly a decade before the United States.