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It proved that the Soviet Union was too focused on exploring space. It allowed the US government to reduce the federal deficit.
It also proved to the public and world what the USA was capable of that time (even though using English and German post-WW2 tech and improving it)
B) It provided a friendly competition resulting in new technologies and jobs.the space race was a competition between the US and the Soviet Union for spaceflight capability. the ability to go to space definitely resulted in new technologies and with new things, come new jobs. I'd definitely say it's B