Why did the U. S panic at this? How did the U. S. respond?

What did Yuri Gagarin, John Glenn and Neil Armstrong do? ​

They panicked because, with nuclear weapons, global destruction could happen. In order to try to prevent that, the US began a space race to see which nation will go to Space. Yuri Gagarin, John Glenn and Neil Armstrong all were partners in which leaded a mission to land on the moon.

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i honesty don't know, good luck tho dawg

what are the choices btw if it was me id say the lack of money to continue with education