ShortHand: The Space Race
2026-07-17 · 28 min · episode 224 · 5 entities
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ShortHand: The Space Race
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The idea of human beings floating in space used to feel as likely as time travel. But after WWII, the world’s two strongest superpowers had to find a way of outdoing each other that didn’t involve the total eradication of the human race. So they decided to race to the stars instead.
Here’s how that ideological moonshot became a reality.
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