The Space Race - It has been 80 years since mankind first slipped the surly bonds of Earth at the tail end of World War II, 68 years and 64 years since the first satellite and human in space, respectively, and 56 years since “one small step for man” on the moon. This breakneck pace of achievement had its own Manhattan Project, spurred by a World War and a Cold War.In those early years, space was the domain of governments. The early space race was between enemies that didn’t w