The Right Stuff

In the Right Stuff, it shows how the US is doing a secret project to break the sound barrier also known as Mach 1. It shows how there were a number of test pilots who died trying to break the sound barrier. When they successfully broke the sound barrier, the US did not want to share word with the world because they were afraid the Russians might find out. The United States did not trust the Russians after WWII because they were still a communist country while the United States was democratic. When Russia found out, they started a space program where they launched a satellite on October 4, 1957. The name of the satellite was Sputnik. The US along with the rest of the world at that time was in shock and fear because they thought it was a death ray when soviet Russia explained it was just an experiment. This lead to JFK saying they planned to do a project with NASA where they planned for the US to walk on the moon. The film mainly focuses on the tensions betweeen Russia and the United States during the Cold War.