At the height of the Cold War, in the 1960s, the Soviet Union successfully launched a satellite, known as Sputnik, into space. This began the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union known as the Space Race. Sputnik’s launch inspired the American government to introduce reforms in the education industry in order to better compete with the USSR. Perform research on the Internet on Sputnik and its impact on the American education system. Write at least three paragraphs describing how and why this launch affected education in the United States.