KIDS QUIZ
SPACE EXPLORATION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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President Obama
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President Washington
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President Kennedy
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President Nixon
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1961, President John F. Kennedy began a dramatic expansion of the U.S. space program and committed the nation to the ambitious goal of landing a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. In 1957, the Soviet Union launched the satellite Sputnik, and the space race was on.
Detailed explanation-2: -Space was the latest theater for battling the Cold War and provided an opportunity for the United States to promote leadership and demonstrate the technological advances of a free and democratic society. In order to do that, the United States needed to reach the moon before the Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-3: -“We choose to go to the Moon”: Remembering JFK’s Rice University speech. Sixty years ago today, on September 12, 1962, John F. Kennedy gave a rousing speech that would set the stage for NASA’s Apollo missions. President John F.