Describe why genetic drift occurs more in smaller
populations than in larger
populations,

Because it’s more likely that chance events will significantly change the frequencies of alleles in the population

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