“Things do not happen. Things are made to happen,” is not only something John Fitzgerald Kennedy said, but also something that he followed. Kennedy was the United States of America’s 35th president. Although he was only in office for almost 3 years, many still believe he was an effective president and got much done in that time. Kennedy accomplished many things in his two years, which lead to his great success as a president, such as making the Peace Corps, instilling fitness programs in certain schools, and challenging the nation to win the race to space.
Even before Kennedy was elected president, he promised he would make a volunteer organization to send to foreign countries, similar to what other countries had, such as the Soviet Union. He gave a presidential campaign speech on October 14, 1960 at 2 A.M. at the University of …show more content…
The space race was a competition, more or less between the Soviet Union and the United States of America to see who could get into space first. Kennedy wanted to win the race and get a man on the moon before the 1960’s ended (The Space Race). He motivated the country by appealing to their patriotism. Kennedy made a speech to congress about urgent nation needs, one of which was the urge to travel to space where he stated, “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 earth”(Jfk Library) in doing this, he believed the United States could win the competition of the race to space. He said that to make this possible, more funding would be necessary. Funding up to $155 million would help to make more satellites and a rover rocket which would help to navigate and observe the weather to see when the best times to go up would be (NASA) Without this funding that was given, it’s possible we wouldn’t be where we currently are with our explorations of
Even before Kennedy was elected president, he promised he would make a volunteer organization to send to foreign countries, similar to what other countries had, such as the Soviet Union. He gave a presidential campaign speech on October 14, 1960 at 2 A.M. at the University of …show more content…
The space race was a competition, more or less between the Soviet Union and the United States of America to see who could get into space first. Kennedy wanted to win the race and get a man on the moon before the 1960’s ended (The Space Race). He motivated the country by appealing to their patriotism. Kennedy made a speech to congress about urgent nation needs, one of which was the urge to travel to space where he stated, “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 earth”(Jfk Library) in doing this, he believed the United States could win the competition of the race to space. He said that to make this possible, more funding would be necessary. Funding up to $155 million would help to make more satellites and a rover rocket which would help to navigate and observe the weather to see when the best times to go up would be (NASA) Without this funding that was given, it’s possible we wouldn’t be where we currently are with our explorations of