What is Kennedy's claim in this excerpt?!!

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

"Those who came before us made certain that this country rode the first waves of the industrial revolutions, the first waves of modern invention, and the first wave of nuclear power, and this generation does not intend to founder in the backwash of the coming age of space. We mean to be a part of it-we mean to lead it. For the eyes of the world now look into space, to the moon and to the planets beyond, and we have vowed that we shall not see it governed by a hostile flag of conquest, but by a banner of freedom and peace. We have vowed that we shall not see space filled with weapons of mass destruction, but with instruments of knowledge and understanding."

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Byron Snyder

29 March, 18:38

What is Kennedy's claim in this excerpt?!!

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

"Those who came before us made certain that this country rode the first waves of the industrial revolutions, the first waves of modern invention, and the first wave of nuclear power, and this generation does not intend to founder in the backwash of the coming age of space. We mean to be a part of it-we mean to lead it. For the eyes of the world now look into space, to the moon and to the planets beyond, and we have vowed that we shall not see it governed by a hostile flag of conquest, but by a banner of freedom and peace. We have vowed that we shall not see space filled with weapons of mass destruction, but with instruments of knowledge and understanding."

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"Kennedy's claim is for Americans to be bold by sending a giant rocket to the moon and return it safely to earth, to do it right, and do it First before this decade is out,"