USA vs USSR:
The political impacts if the Apollo 11 space mission were significant in many ways. It fulfilled President JFK’s promise to get a man on the moon and back by the end of the decade, asserting the USA's dominance in the frontier of space. The USSR, the competitor of the USA in the Space Race, denied that there was ever a race to the Moon in the first place. However, America’s landing ended the Space Race and allowed for both countries to claim its place in space history.
The managers of the control center at NASA celebrate the succesfull completion of the mission by waving US flags. They are relieved and ecstatic for what the future holds in space travel. https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a28244109/apollo-11-moon-landing-anniversary-nasa-mission-control-restoration/. Accessed 21 Jan. 2020.
"I think we went to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the nature of his deep inner soul that we are required to do these things, just as salmon swim upstream." - Neil Armstrong (NASA astronaut/Apollo 11 member)
Parade in Mexico City that was held in honor of the Moon landing about a month after the event. There were many parades that followed in the next couple of months. https://www/fastcompany.com/903741120/the-apollo-11-astronauts-went-on-a-world-tour-when-they-got-home-from-the-moon-and-it-was-more-surreal-than-beatlemania. Accessed 27 Jan. 2020.
Economic and Social Point of View:
"The way NASA works is amazing - it creates opportunities for us to travel farther into the solar system and work with the next generation of science and technology. NASA does the unthinkable” - Scott Kelly (NASA astronaut and engineer)
NASA’s spending on space projects increasingly rose until 1965 where it peaked and took away almost 4.5 percent of the US federal budget, creating a dent in the federal budget. The project came out to a grand total of 176 billion dollars. Statistically, only about 50 percent of the public wanted the moon landing to happen, so social disturbances occurred. However, the start of this project created numerous openings in fields like engineering, technology, manufacturing, and science, creating an income for many US families.
An image of a parade held in Conimicut Village, Rhode Island, in honor of the moon landing. Every year, this village holds a parade to remind the entire world of the achievement that was made by man. airandspace.si.edu/multimedia-gallery/5252hjpg?id=5252. Accessed 29 Dec. 2019.
The wives of Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins watch the television that is broadcasting the landing of the team back on Earth and returning home. https://www.insider.com/photos-from-1969-history. Accessed 28 Jan. 2020.