President John F. Kennedy makes a dramatic move to expand space program with the goal of landing a man on the Moon. To this effect,He stood before Congress on May 25, 1961 giving a speech to gather support and proposed that the government should commit itself to achieving the goal of sending a team to the moon. However,He was meet with various opponents who were opposed to this idea about the significant of this project to the economy and the nation at large. Kennedy claim many people make mistake of thinking space research has little value on Earth, he believed that Improving medical techniques is one benefit to space research.
In the depth of the Cold War period, space exploration became another avenue for America and the USSR to showcase their strength. President Kennedy was so keen on America winning the space race that he proposed that more money be budgeted int the space race to the moon, especially when the Russians led the race as been the first to send men into orbit. According to JFK the moon needed to be conquereed and studied.
