Precedent John Fitzgerald Kennedy also known as JFK gave a speech during the cold war, and the race to space. Saying that we need to go to space not to use as a weapon but as a source of knowledge and explaining why we need to. He believes that most of his audience is skeptical and dost want to go to space. To convince the laudians that we need to go to space he passes himself off as a visionist saying that this is going to be the most important thing as president that he is going to do. All to persuade it is the right choice to do is go to space.
In the beginning he is giving examples of what humans have done from the stone age to the what was 40 years ago for them saying that the knowledge of the nation has gotten grater and that we would be able to expand our horizons and gain new advantages. He go's to say that this progress we are making is breathtaking and amazing but it can't be helped there will be new problems and dangers and it is a high cost and hardship to go to …show more content…
Then states that we can't keep that vow if we aren't the first in space that other Nations will use it for weapons for mass destruction, and if we sit down and don't do anything that the other nations will still go to space and they might abuse the benefits of space. So we must act and keep going until we are the first to go to space, but it will take all of use to get to the point where we are the first in space. He says that there are new right to be won in space but he believes that it can be “conquered and explored without the fires of war.” JFK also says that there is no conflict among nations in outer space of now. And this can be a chance or peace and that we won't get another chance like this again, and that is why we need to go to space to help guide the way for peace in