Why is it beneficial for cells to use atp rather than energy directly from the bonds of carbohydrates? what are the greatest drawbacks to harnessing energy directly from the bonds of several different compounds?

The soviet union beat the us to the first successful launch, with the october 4, 1957, orbiting of sputnik 1, and later beat the us to have the first human in earth orbit, yuri gagarin, on april 12, 1961. the "race" peaked with the july 20, 1969, us landing of the first humans on the moon with apollo 11