What is it you're asking? I am knowledgeable about the holocaust however I can't answer a question that hasn't been asked.<span />
<span>Kennedy's claim in this excerpt was that since the US was capable of developing the technology to put a man on the moon and return him safely to earth before the end of the 1960s. This would prove that the US was better than the Soviet Union.</span>
Someone who is eccentric means they have unusual or odd behavior, this then relates to the origin of the word which is egocentric meaning self centered. This then also goes on to relate to "center" because a person is "self centered" or egocentric.
High egocentrism = eccentric = self CENTERED
The answer is A, I'm pretty sure. A had two ideas, and correct punctuation.