“Teamwork coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress. working together is success,” (Henry Ford). The United States has been given the task of creating a lunar colony. With this mission we need to be thoughtful and specific when we pick the people to go on this mission. As the late Ford said we need the right type of people to work together to make the lunar colony a success.…
This comes at a time when the Cold War is raging between the U.S. and the Soviets. A new president has just been elected, and the Soviets are fighting satellite wars throughout Asia in an attempt to spread Communism. In addition to this, there is an arms race between the two. Thermonuclear destruction isn’t something most people find appealing, so Kennedy definitely appealed to the people by showing his plan of peace, rather than trying to escalate things further between the two countries. There were also issues of civil rights at home.…
He felt a moral new order based on rights and freedoms for all human beings was the best path to American peace and security. Kennedy had the most experience in war-torn England and Europe. He could see the advantages and disadvantages of both sides of the debate. He sided with Roosevelt on aid to the allies but agreed with Lindbergh that the nation should not go to war with Germany if…
Kennedy liked to have meetings that were not very organized and he believed that this informal structure allowed for a wide range of views to get a full airing. Kennedy wanted everyones…
During one of JFK’s speeches on May 25,1961, JFK guaranteed that we would land on the Moon before the end of the 60’s(jfklibrary.com).Saying that we would “Catch up and overtake the space race against Russia’’(history.nasa.gov).included in his speech…
Soon after that launch president John F. Kennedy gave a speech in which he said something that rallied the imaginations of every American who heard it and caused every type of reaction. In the words of John F. Kennedy, "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." He told America that if they were to reach the moon that they would have to work together. It was from that point on that the U.S. really started pulling forward in the Space Race. NASA realized that before they could send a man to the moon they would have to have a filler mission in which a group of three astronauts were sent into orbit in the same space craft.…
Even as a Senator, Kennedy was bored by the issues that only involved Massachusetts, and was more enthralled with the international challenges we were threatened with by the Soviet Union’s growing nuclear arsenal and the Cold War battle for the hearts and minds of Third World nations. He wanted to be a man of power that could do a lot of good for his country, and he didn't feel that he could…
David Kennedy asserts that President Dwight Eisenhower dropped the ball and had an opportunity to lead America out of racism and did not seize it. He states that Eisenhower was a great leader and could have been a warrior against racism. Kennedy believes that leadership has a premises; Leaders must have followers. His first assertion is that few people would have been capable of leading America out of its racist past, few aside from Eisenhower.…
The success of the Apollo 11 mission forever changed the idea of “the sky’s the limit.” On July 20, 1969 at 3:39 A.M. Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin became the first human beings to walk on the moon. Authors Ayn Rand, William Safire,and The Times all wrote about this world-changing event. These authors effectively communicated their purpose by using rhetorical strategies such as ethos, pathos, and logos. William Safire, President Nixon’s speechwriter, wrote the speech “In event of Moon Disaster” as a contingency just in case the astronauts became stranded on the moon.…
“That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” -Neil Armstrong Apollo 11 was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida piloted by crew members, Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins. Their destination: Earth's moon, to collect samples and bring them back to Earth for testing. Apollo 11, the first moon landing, caused a technological revolution affecting the United States military, schools, and inventions. John F Kennedy initiated the United States involvement in the space race that was heavily influenced by the Soviet Union. Apollo 11 brought new technology, inventions, and a whole new purpose for NASA which had a great impact on United States society.…
A journey to the moon during this time period was no easy task, but that’s a big part of the reason why he wanted to do it and prove to not only the people of the United States but to everyone around the world that America was capable of this journey. He articulates that, “To be sure, we are behind, and will be behind for some time in manned flight. But we do not intend to stay behind, and in this decade, we shall make up and move ahead.” (Kennedy, John). Kennedy thought if the United States was able to successfully land on the moon before the end of the decade, it would not only benefit the government, but it would also open many job opportunities and help stabilize the economy through finance and education.…
It was when the Soviet Union became the first country to send a man to orbit that he 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.” Both America and the Soviets were in an arms race; America sent Alan Shepard to space but unfortunately he did not orbit Earth (“Space Race”). Kennedy had the responsibility to restore America’s self-esteem and to beat the Soviet’s. He had strenuous challenge of attaining seven to nine billion dollars for congress.…
Kennedy took over the presidential reins from a harrowed Eisenhower in the late 1960. Continuing a chronological analysis from the perspective of the Cold War conflict, Kennedy found himself faced with seemingly insurmountable circumstances: America was in the process of a deep cultural recession and needed a solution, needed a way out. Kennedy’s answer was delivered in his famous speech in May of 1961: Surpass Russia entirely by the end of the decade, landing a man on the moon and bringing him home safely. This accomplishment, Kennedy thought, would overshadow the blaring facts that the Soviets had put a probe on the moon, a satellite in solar orbit, and the first man into space, all before the United States.…
In an age of sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll, the 1960’s earned its spot as the most notorious decade in universal history. Although the 1960’s was a harsh time period, history would not be the same without the events that occurred. While America dealt with opposition from many countries, they also dealt with opposition from multiple cultures within America. Not only did America have to endure this infamous decade, but other countries dealt with problems, for example the looming threat South Korea faced from North Korea. The 1960’s not only revolutionized world history through the death of multiple proficient leaders, disputes worldwide, and equality for cultures everywhere, but also showcased possibly the most historical decade in world history.…
On September 12, 1962, president john F Kennedy delivered his “why we chose to go to the moon” speech at Rice University in Houston, Texas. The occasion of the speech was to address to the American people the importance of returning to space and being the first nation to place a man on the surface of the moon. Kennedy chose this time to deliver his speech because we were currently at the height of the cold war and the United States was beginning to lose the space and technological race against the Russian nation. Therefore Kennedy appeared at Rice University where he delivered his speech to a crowd that consisted of scientists, professors, students, and the general American people. The context that shaped Kennedys’ speech was the importance of mankind to achieve the near impossible feat of landing a human being on the surface of the moon and the profound impact that this accomplishment would have on the future of the human race.…