1. we choose to go to the moon. we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but
because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is
one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.
john f. kennedy, september 12, 1962
why did president kennedy decide to focus u. s. resources on going to the moon?
a. the united states wanted to gain the british as allies by proving it could defeat the soviets in space exploration.
b. the united states wanted to seize the opportunity to land on the moon because the soviet union was in decline.
c. the united states wanted to win the race to the moon in the aftermath of the soviet success with the sputnik satellite.
d. the united states wanted to colonize the moon in order to establish missile defense bases against the soviets.