Question

In his 1962 "We Choose to Go to the Moon" speech, President John F. Kennedy said:

Answer 1

But if I were to say, my fellow citizens, that we shall send to the moon, 240,000 miles away from the control station in Houston, a giant rocket more than 300 feet tall, the length of this football field, made of new metal alloys, some of which have not yet been invented, capable of standing heat and stresses several times more than have ever been experienced, fitted together with a precision better than the finest watch, carrying all the equipment needed for propulsion, guidance, control, communications, food and survival, on an untried mission, to an unknown celestial body, and then return it safely to earth, re-entering the atmosphere at speeds of over 25,000 miles per hour, causing heat about half that of the temperature of the sun—almost as hot as it is here today—and do all this, and do it right, and do it first before this decade is out—then we must be bold.

What is Kennedy's claim in this excerpt?

Answer 2

plz help

Answer 3

I can help you out :)

Answer 4

So to start off what is he referring to and saying in general here?

Answer 5

i think he saying to be be bold no matter what we go through

Answer 6

@CaptainLiama49

Answer 7

thats what think he trying to say

Answer 8

And from where in the speech do you pick that out.

Answer 9

at the bottom of the speech

Answer 10

What is he saying there

Answer 11

can you like give a hint of what he is saying. because i had it but i for got what i was goin to say

Answer 12

To venture boldly.

Answer 13

use that as reference its a hint.

Answer 14

oh so he wants us to travel boldy to space to gett to moon

Answer 15

Yup

Answer 16

Great Job!

Answer 17

so that was his claim

Answer 18

Exactly