Humans, throughout history they have been driven by curiosity and the need for exploration. Over time we have always been in a never-ending race, competing to be the best. Year after year, century after century, time after time, we become increasingly more advanced and innovated. On September 12th, 1962, president John F. Kennedy spoke in front of a large audience at Rice University in Houston, Texas. It is here where he would dramatically shape the direction of the United States’ efforts. His speech would mark the beginning of an era filled with exploration and innovation in outer space. Kennedy’s speech “we go to the moon” was enormously significant due to the time being at the height of the Cold War and begging of the “space race”. Due
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He states “the us was conquered by those who moved forward—and so will space. This leads Kennedy into his next point that man is determined and cannot be deterred. The exploration of space will proceed “weather we join in or not”. He then goes on to explain that space shall never be filled with weapons of mass destruction but rather with “instrument of knowledge and understanding” as claimed by Kennedy. These two ideas of the nation and what will be in space ideologically frames the American effort of space exploration. Given the context in which the time period of when the speech was given. Kennedy takes into account they were at the height of the Cold War. So, with this knowledge he is then able to persuade the audience by explaining that a hostile flag of conquest won’t govern them, but rather a “banner of freedom and …show more content…
He explains that space exploration is “hazardous and hostile to us all”. Yet he the rhetorically askes the audience “why climb the highest mountain…fly the Atlantic?”. Kennedy then goes on in order to establish that the United States will land on the moon by giving one of his most famous quotes “we go to the moon in this decade…not because they are easy but because they are hard”. Although this action would go on to innovate human history he needed help from the US citizens. In order to do this, he must persuade his audience and that he does. He goes on to say action have already been taken in starting the challenge to go to space. They have already tested booster rockets and rocket engines. As well as how beneficial this would be due to numerous companies being built and thousands of job opportunities. After, Kennedy explains the great deal of money it will cost and that expenditures will rise from 40 to 50 cents a week. This would upset any individual but due to Kennedy’s persuasion and powerful language he is than able to have the citizens agree with him. He then wraps the speech up by explaining how knowledge and peace are in
He states “the us was conquered by those who moved forward—and so will space. This leads Kennedy into his next point that man is determined and cannot be deterred. The exploration of space will proceed “weather we join in or not”. He then goes on to explain that space shall never be filled with weapons of mass destruction but rather with “instrument of knowledge and understanding” as claimed by Kennedy. These two ideas of the nation and what will be in space ideologically frames the American effort of space exploration. Given the context in which the time period of when the speech was given. Kennedy takes into account they were at the height of the Cold War. So, with this knowledge he is then able to persuade the audience by explaining that a hostile flag of conquest won’t govern them, but rather a “banner of freedom and …show more content…
He explains that space exploration is “hazardous and hostile to us all”. Yet he the rhetorically askes the audience “why climb the highest mountain…fly the Atlantic?”. Kennedy then goes on in order to establish that the United States will land on the moon by giving one of his most famous quotes “we go to the moon in this decade…not because they are easy but because they are hard”. Although this action would go on to innovate human history he needed help from the US citizens. In order to do this, he must persuade his audience and that he does. He goes on to say action have already been taken in starting the challenge to go to space. They have already tested booster rockets and rocket engines. As well as how beneficial this would be due to numerous companies being built and thousands of job opportunities. After, Kennedy explains the great deal of money it will cost and that expenditures will rise from 40 to 50 cents a week. This would upset any individual but due to Kennedy’s persuasion and powerful language he is than able to have the citizens agree with him. He then wraps the speech up by explaining how knowledge and peace are in