Trivia: A 1962 speech by President John F. Kennedy set which ambitious goal?
Peace on Earth
Nuclear test ban
Founding the CIA
Man on the moon
The correct answer is Man on the moon
So why is this answer correct? : In September 1962, six weeks after cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person launched into space, JFK delivered a speech at Rice University, renewing America’s dedication to winning the Cold War-era “space race” against the Soviet Union. Kennedy’s inspirational pledge to put a man on the moon by 1970 was realized in July 1969, when Apollo 11 touched down on the lunar surface.