Space: The Race for High Ground

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Space: The Race for High Ground

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PBS | Air Date: April 11, 1983
Summary: Frontline examines how in the previous 25 years before President Reagan introduced his "Star Wars" plan, the US and the Soviet Union had gone from designing satellites to designing weapons to blast them out of the sky. The superpowers were converting space from an arena for communications, to a concept of space as 'high ground,' and theFrontline examines how in the previous 25 years before President Reagan introduced his "Star Wars" plan, the US and the Soviet Union had gone from designing satellites to designing weapons to blast them out of the sky. The superpowers were converting space from an arena for communications, to a concept of space as 'high ground,' and the battle for control. Expand
Genre(s): Talk & Interview, News, Documentary
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