Film Lesson: The Right Stuff

In the movie The Right Stuff the US and the USRR were competing in the Space Race. Both sides were trying to see who would get the first man up into space. In my point of view the Russians were the winners because they were the first to send up a satellite and the first again to send a human being into space. Well the US had an advantage of about two weeks to send there first man in Space but they wasted time on getting people and the Russians received that chance to go ahead of them. The US were ashamed by this because while the Russians were sending a real man we sent a chimp. After a few years and a few failed rocket designs the US finally got a rocket to fly. They were able to send a man named Alan Shepherd who was a fighter pilot into space. We finally passed the USRR in the race because he orbited the earth more times than the Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin did.
Well there were many scenes from this movie that will remind me of the Cold War. One scene that really caught to me was the breaking of the sound barrier. This really put the US in advantageous position. Another scene that will help bring back memories to me is the failed attempts of the US to get rockets to launch. Also the scene with Russia sending a man to space first is another scene I would also remember .This movie really helped me out a lot and it gave me perspective of the cold war.