How did america react to news that the soviet union was the first to put a man in space?
a. indifferent
b. pride in human achievement
c. determination to not lose the space race
d. threats of military action against the soviets

then its a law the end

the answer to fill in the blank in this question would be the word resource, it is defined as the money, material or people (since human resource is a very valuable good) that a company or a person has at disposition (meaning they can use the resource as they see fit), to be able to complete a task or achieve a goal.