The US government wanted to win the Space Race, and since they saw the USSR had already put an object into space they needed to catch up or beat them.
When the American and British allies successfully invaded
Italy, General Eisenhower began to plan the invasion of Normandy that would be
called Operation Neptune that would involve an aerial and amphibious invasion
by American and Allied troops to free France from the Germans.
fear of change, you can have too much optimism or confudence short term goals are a must have and do i really need to say any thing about constructive critisism D is the way to go.