Film lesson: "The Right Stuff"

The U.S and the USSR in the film "The Right Stuff" are competting for space. In the movie it tells you that Russia is winning the race. They put a satelite in space called "sputnik." This satelite was very scary to the amercian citiznes. they thought that the Russians were beating them and were scared that the Russians were going to bomb the Amercians. the most famous scene i will remember from that movie is when the Americans finaly broke the sound barrier and they made history.