Film Lesson: "The Right Stuff"

In the film "The right stuff" USSR and US were in a Space race! The space race was to see who can get a man in space first. At first the US was winning because We were the first to break wind,(sound barrier) with Mach 1. The reason why we entered this race was because the Russians had the first satellite to orbit the earth. So we got upset And decided to send someone up into space, like a test pilot, but publicist thought it would be bad to send a test pilot because they would have to ensure their safety and return! So in 1961 after many test runs of launching the space ship, and various tests for the pilots, We decided to send A MONKEY!!!!! So two weeks later after our sucsessful launch Russia sent a man in space named Yuri Gugarin (Russian)! So we had a bad start but later on we won!