COSMIC RIVALRY: THE SPACE RACE AND THE COLD WAR ARMS RACE

The twentieth century witnessed a profound shift in global power dynamics as two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, entered a period of fierce rivalry. This rivalry, known as the Cold War, manifested on multiple fronts, with one of the most remarkable being the space race. Both nations were determined to prove their technological

On a blustery morning in that fateful year, disaster befell Boston. A massive holding filled with sticky, sweet molasses gave way sending a tidal wave of the thick liquid rushing through the streets. The force was catastrophic, flattening buildings and trapping citizens in a sticky mire. Dozens of people were killed, and many more sustained injur