May 1961, america is in a race with the soviet unioun to conquer space. as astronaut alan sheperad climbs a rocket to ride it past the earths armosphere, the us is trailing with the russians who have already

moon travel

Explanation:

put a man on the moon

the answer to fill in the blank in this question would be the word resource, it is defined as the money, material or people (since human resource is a very valuable good) that a company or a person has at disposition (meaning they can use the resource as they see fit), to be able to complete a task or achieve a goal.  

a. theta waves. this is because the person is in a light sleep which means the brain waves would show these kind of waves.