What effect did the cold war have on the american space program?

The U.S. and the Soviet Union were in a space race to develop technology to land on the moon 1st. The U.S. landed Louis Armstrong on the moon 1st.

it forced them to speed everything up in order to be ahead of Russia

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answer: ensure protection from communism

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the north atlantic treaty was largely dormant until the korean war initiated the establishment of nato to implement it, by means of an integrated military structure: this included the formation of supreme headquarters allied powers europe in 1951, which adopted the western union's military structures and plans.