3 main areas of developments: Military technology Space technology Information technology Military technology
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In what ways has the USA established itself as a world leader in military, space and information technology? 3 main areas of developments: Military technology Space technology Information technology Military technology USA LED THE WAY AFTER WWII BECAUSE OF: INVOLVEMENT IN WARS POWERFUL ECONOMY COMPETITION WITH USSR PUBLIC OPINION WANTED IT MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS TOOK PLACE IN TWO MAIN AREAS Nuclear weapons USA DEVELOPED THE ATOMIC BOMB H-BOMB DEVELOPED LATER NUCLEAR MISSILES DEVELOPED ALSO PERSHING MISSILES – 400 MILE RANGE INTER CONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES ICBM’s - NUCLEAR WARHEADS LAUNCHED - UNDERGROUND SILOS SUBMARINES COULD LAUNCH NUCLEAR MISSILES Conventional weapons POWERFUL FIGHTER JETS NEW BOMBER AIRCRAFT SPY PLANES HELICOPTER GUNSHIPS SURFACE TO AIR MISSILES AIRCRAFT CARRIERS FASTER TANKS 1950’S WAS COLD WAR ERA USSR SENT SPUTNIK-1 INTO SPACE USSR WAS IN LEAD IN SPACE RACE USA SHOCKED BY THIS USSR ALSO FIRST MAN IN SPACE BLOW TO USA MORALE FELT NATIONAL SECURITY THREATENED USA response SET UP NASA HUGE EMPHASIS ON SCIENCES IN SCHOOLS LAUNCHED OWN FIRST SATELLITE EXPLORER 1 JFK VOWED TO HAVE MAN ON MOON WITHIN DECADE The Space Race MERCURY PROJECT CREATED - JOHN GLENNAPOLLO MISSION – 3 MAN SPACECRAFT DEVELOPED APOLLO 11 MISSION NEIL ARMSTRONG BUZZ ALDRIN MICHAEL COLLINS LANDED ON MOON FURTHER MISSIONS CONTINUED INTO 1970s Later developments INVOLVED UNMANNED SPACECRAFT TO PLANETS NASA DEVELOPED SKYLAB USA DEVELOPED SPACE SHUTTLE FIRST WAS COLUMBIA IN 1981 DISASTER IN 1986 – CHALLENGER EXPLODED MAJOR ADVANCES IN WEATHER FORECASTING HUGE NUMBER OF SATELLITES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FIRST COMPUTERS – DEVELOPED AROUND WW2 YEARS FIRST CALLED ENIAC – BASED IN MARYLAND, USA WEIGHED 30 TONS – 8 FEET HIGH – 100 FEET LONG HUNGARIAN BORN MATHEMATICIAN BUILT FIRST COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE COMPUTER – USED IN 1951 TO COUNT THE USA CENSUS – COMPUTERS STILL HUGE IN SIZE Smaller computers INVENTION OF THE TRANSISTOR IN USA ELIMINATED MILES OF WIRING – MADE COMPUTERS SMALL AND CHEAP TO PRODUCE – STILL ONLY 2000 COMPUTERS SOLD IN 1960 1975 – FIRST PERSONAL COMPUTER PRODUCED – 2 YEARS LATER STEVE JOBS INTRODUCED THE APPLE II – BROUGHT PC’s WITHIN RANGE OF SMALL BUSINESS, FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS Developments in 1980’s 1980’s – IBM ENTERED PC BUSINESS – LED TO DRAMATIC EXPANSION DEVELOPMENT OF MICROSOFT BY BILL GATES MADE PC’s MUCH MORE USER FRIENDLY – MILLIONS OF COMPUTERS SOLD AS A RESULT BY LATE 1980’s – USA LARGEST COMPUTER INDUSTRY IN WORLD EMPLOYED ONE MILLION PEOPLE – DELL, APPLE, MICROSOFT HALF OF ALL COMPUTERS IN WORLD IN USA Impact of computers CREATED A REVOLUTION IN HOW INFORMATION IS GATHERED AND STORED MASSIVE NUMBER OF NEW JOBS CREATED CONCLUSION BY 1989 USA WAS THE WORLD LEADING ECONOMY BIGGEST IT BUSINESS – Apple, Dell, Microsoft BIGGEST SPACE EXPLORATION ONE OF LEADING NATIONS IN MILITARY HARDWARE Share with your friends:
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