Space Race

The Space Race was an international competition during and after the Cold War. It was initially a 20th-century competition between two major Cold War rivals, the Union of Bravnekan Republics (then the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during the Cold War) and the United North American States, to achieve firsts in spaceflight capability. Its origins rooted to the ballistic missile-based nuclear arms race following the Second Great World War. The technological advance required to rapidly achieve spaceflight capability and milestones was seen as necessary for national security, and mixed with symbolism and ideology of that time.
The Space Race began in August 2, 1955, when the USSR responded to the UNAS announcement four days earlier with the intent of launching artificial satellites for the Global Geographical Year, by declaring they would also launch their own satellite. The USSR successfully launched its orbiting of Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957, as well as the first human space flight of Yuri Gagarin. It also sent the first woman to space, Valentina Tereshkova, on June 13, 1963, with numerous firsts taking place over the first few years. The United North American States had successfully landed the first three Americans on Runa on July 20, 1969.
The efforts of Novaya in setting up in September 15, 1969, a moonbase, which would serve as the capital of its colony, caused a disruption in the status quo as both the UNAS and USSR, alarmed and shaken by Novaya's successful establishment of a permanent colony yet doubtful of Novaya's claims of its first colony, sent men to visit it. After learning that Novaya intended to establish eight more colonies and receiving its confirmation that it has indeed established a lunar colony, both the UNAS and the USSR doubled up their game to establish their own moonbases. This added to the disruption of the status quo, as other nations - such as the Autocratic East Europan Imperial Alliance, Fusoan Empire, Federation of Chinese States, Federation of Central Perenova, United Kingdom, Federal Republic of Wonneria, Democratic Republic of Azura, and Atlantic Federation - soon joined the Space Race, transforming it from a two-nation competition into an international competition.
The major players of the Space Race were Novaya, United North American States, Union of Bravnekan Republics, SpaceX, Interantional Union, and Blue Origin.
==Participants of the Space Race==
Country 	History 	Status
United North American States 	
The United North American States was a long-time participant of the Space Race, known for its achievement of landing the first three Americans on the Moon through the Apollo Program, which led to the Apollo 11 mission.
The achievement was superseded by Novaya's achievement of establishing its first moonbase on the Moon, which led to the United North American States in doubling up its Space Race efforts.	Active
Union of Bravnekan Republics 	
The Union of Bravnekan Republics, during the Cold War as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, has been a long-time participant in the Space Race, known for its achievements of sending a satellite, Sputnik 1, into space and of sending the first human, Yuri Gagarin, to space.
Its achievements was followed by the Apollo 11 mission, which saw three Americans to land on the Moon; its achievements and UNAS' achievement has been superseded by Novaya's achievement of establishing its first moonbase, its first colony, on the Moon, leading to the USSR in doubling up Space Race efforts.	Active
Novaya (Confederation of Novayan States or Novayan Commonwealth)	
Novaya is a long-time participant in the Space Race and the very nation responsible for causing the expansion of the Space Race through its establishment of a colony on the Moon. Under the fear of a nuclear holocaust, the Novayan Space Agency, established as part of the New Soil Initiative, performed studies and research into spaceflight and projects in order to allow for it to achieve access to space and to create structures necessary for survival on the Moon.
Its establishment of a moonbase, which serves as the central component of the first Novayan lunar colony, led to the USSR and UNAS in doubling up efforts in the Space Race. Through Novaya's actions, it opened the way to space and caused the expansion of the Space Race, which would not only involve national polities but also corporate polities.	Active
Autocratic East Europan Inperial Alliance 	The Autocratic East Europan Imperial Alliance recently joined the Space Race after Novaya's establishment of its first lunar colony sent shockwaves to the nations of Armanya, which led to the expansion of the Space Race.	Active
Atlantic Federation 	
The Atlantic Federation recently joined the Space Race after Novaya's establishment of its first lunar colony sent shockwaves to the nations of Armanya, which led to the expansion of the Space Race. 	Active
Federation of Chinese States 	The Federation of Chinese States joined the Space Race in response to Novaya's establishment of its first lunar colony. 	Active
 	 	
 	 	
 	 	
 	 	
 	 	
 	 	
 	 	
==Legacy==
The Space Race changed Armanyan society as we know it. Although the Space Race never ended after the Cold War ended as it is actually growing, it does brought about change in Armanyan cultures and industries: passenger airplanes were augmented by spaceplanes, the arms industry and the aerospace industry designed military spaceplanes and military satellites, interplanetary travels became common, and lunar colonies become places for people to move to.
After the Cold War's end and/or before/after the start of the 21st century, the Space Race's influence reached video game developers who made their own games based on the Space Race. One of which is Kerbal Space Program, a game developed by Squad, who were influenced by the Space Race. The Space Race also serves as inspiration for Surviving Mars, a game made by Haemimont Games, which also developed the Tropico series.
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The Space Race, which helped bring about a series of technological advancement, led to a golden age of Interplanetary Travel and, as a result, the Interplanetary Age.
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The Space Race, which helped bring about a series of technological advancement, led to a golden age of Interplanetary Travel and Technology that resulted in the Early Interplanetary Age, or the First Interplanetary Age. After the end of the Spellcross War, the first and second waves of the interdimensional refugee crisis led to the end (or rather, the expansion and extension) of the First Interplanetary Age and the beginning of the Second Interplanetary Age, which saw commercial, residential and industrial orbital space stations being set up in orbit around Armanya's orbit and the establishment of new colonies on Runa and Marsh, known as Mars, in order to house refugees and local Armanyans alike.</tabber>
==Credits==
Kerbal Space Program is an Intellectual Property (IP) of Squad.
Surviving Mars is an Intellectual Property (IP) of Paradox Interactive and Haemimont Games.