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John F. Kennedy (1930s & 40s)
Harvard Student and navy sailor.
Cold War?
When two world powers are at in stand off with no direct fighting
What future president toured Germany right before the out break of WWII?
Who is John F. Kennedy?
The continent that Germany is located on
Europe
Technology = BLANK
What is Survival?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd President of the United States
V-2
What is the First Ballistic Missile?
What was the First Rocket Von Braun launched called?
The A-2 Rocket
What body of water separates the United States from Europe?
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
President Kennedy referred to space as the New "BLANK"
What is Ocean?
Von Braun
German Rocket Scientist
Von Braun was known as a BLANK
Opportunistic
The country built the V-2 Rocket?
What is Germany
Where was the Kennedy Family "Home Base" located?
What is Cape Cod Massachusetts?
What did the Atomic age bring?
Fear of Nuclear war.
Dr. Robert Goddard
Scholar and physicist known for his work on rocket propulsion
Isolationism
The idea that a nation should stay out of the affairs of other countries.
What type of ship did John F. Kennedy Command during WWII?
What is a Patrol Torpedo boat (specifically PT-109)?
Where were V-2 launch facilities mainly located?
What is Northern France?
What happened to German Rocket Scientist after WWII
Began working for the United States or Soviet Union's Rocket programs
Buck Rodgers
A fictional Character that popularized the idea of space travel
What is the NACA
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Where was the first Atomic Bomb set off?
What is New Mexico?
What was the significance of the English Channel for rocket developments in WWII?
A greater German push for Rockets to bomb British Cities led to new technologies.
Missile Gap
The fear that the Soviet Union was superior in Missile technology than the United States