He basically said that we are in a race with the Soviet Union to get a man on the Moon. Also, he stated that we have all the technology necessary to accomplish this mission. President Kennedy said “First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.” He said no single project in this time period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish. At the speech he was announcing at Congress, he was feeling all the pressure because we were trailing this “Space Race” for most of the time. By the time we sent the Explorer I up into space, the Soviet Union had already launched their Sputnik I and II up into
He basically said that we are in a race with the Soviet Union to get a man on the Moon. Also, he stated that we have all the technology necessary to accomplish this mission. President Kennedy said “First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.” He said no single project in this time period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish. At the speech he was announcing at Congress, he was feeling all the pressure because we were trailing this “Space Race” for most of the time. By the time we sent the Explorer I up into space, the Soviet Union had already launched their Sputnik I and II up into