What was the primary motivation for the unuted states participation in the space race during the cold war

To demonstrate its scientific superiority over the Soviet Union

The whole point of the Cold War was to compete with the Soviet Union to show them that they were better than them. The way America did this was by building up their nuclear arsenal as well as funding projects like NASA that would the USSR that they are capable of magnificent scientific feats.

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