In 1983, the German singer Nena released a song 99 Luftballons after her guitarist was at a Rolling Stones concert in West Berlin and saw balloons being released, which eventually looked like a spacecraft. The German and English version are a little bit different in the translation, but have relatively the same theme. Here is a good example of the English version of the song: http://svtube. svsd. net/play?id=uw2uebtgvs.

In the song, what is the theme/story behind the lyrics?

So far we have studied the Iron Curtain, the U-2 incident, Korean War, McCarthyism, and the Arms and Space Race. What problems resulted from these incidents and what issues did the Arms and Space race create?

Please respond to the questions above with at least 5-6 sentences.