Week 9: Space and Art
In this week's lesson, Vesna gave the class a history on space and how it has impacted the United States. The U.S. began with tension with Russia during the Cold War and the arms race became the center of attention in the 50s. Moreover, she continued to explain the Space Race that the U.S. and Russia competed in. During this time, Russia became the first country to finally launch something into space—a probe named Sputnik Sputnik, the first Object to be launched successfully into pace (done by Russia) —while the U.S.'s attempt to follow was called Flopnik, due to the fact that the rocket blew up before it event left the ground. Additionally, one of the main things that caught my attention throughout the lectures was her reference to science fiction as well as cartoons and how they focused on space as a topic. She showed a clip of the Jetsons and the Flintstones trying to work together to send the Jetson family back to space. Flintstones visiting the Jetsons in thei