The Right Stuff

The Soviet Union and the United States were competing to get into space. There were rockets built repeatedly to see if they can get into space. The United States finally made a successful rocket and sent a monkey in it. So basically the first American in space, was a monkey. The United States had a slighlty upper hand at that moment. Being able to send the first lifeform into space. But then Russia made the United States look bad. They sent a live human being into space. Fearlessly stepping all over the slow American progress.

This actually brings back the tension in the Cold War. All during the movie the American workers dying to get into space were complaining only about one thing. They were always complaining about how the Russians were always making them look bad, and that they were so sick and tired of the Russians beating them at everything. In front of the cameras, they were all smiles and said that the Russians beat them fair and square. When the cameras were off and the Americans were away they spoke harshly against the Russians with things such as "The Stupid Russians". Although it was written that everything was good, hatred lives in the people.