Answer: The purpose was to persuade the American people to support the Apollo program.
Explanation:
The purpose was to persuade the American people to support the Apollo program, the national effort to land a man on the Moon.
The president wanted to give the Apollo program a boost and help explain to the nation why it should be such a high priority
At Rice, Kennedy stressed that humanity's charge into space is inexorable, and that the world would be better off with the United States leading the way.
