it was a great rivalry between the two in the 20th century. they fought each other for years for the supremacy in space flight technologies, with each country launching satellites and manned missions into space. The goal of both countries was to put a man on the moon, which the united states did in 1969 which made the soviets upset basically
The answer is B. They were surprised that the Soviet Union was capable of developing advanced space technology and worked to exceed the Soviet Union's efforts.
