What effect did the space race have on the united states? a. the united states built more bombers to prevent nuclear war. b. the united states air force established nasa as a division. c. the united states government revamped education. d. the united states concentrated on developing radar.

The correct answer is B. As a result of the space race, the United States Air Force established NASA as a division.

Explanation:

In 1957, in the context of the International Geophysical Year, it was decided to build a rocket that could orbit a satellite around the Earth.

The US Navy was contracted to develop such a rocket. Totally unexpected, on 4 October 1957, the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite in orbit. Sputnik 2 followed on November 3, 1957, with the dog Laika on board. The humiliation was total when the US Navy got its rocket barely 30 cm from the platform, after which it exploded. It was the Air Force that with its rocket four months later, on February 1, 1958, successfully launched the first American satellite, the Explorer 1.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower recognized that a national space agency was needed to prevent such blunders and therefore created NASA on October 1, 1958.