Why did man go to the moon?

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My friend Brent and I were having an argument as to why the United States sent man to the moon. I said the reason was because we wanted to prove that we were better than the Soviet Union, who had previously sent their satellite "Sputnik" into outerspace. He said the reason was primarily to see whether the moon really was made of cheese. My question is, who is more right? And, what are all the reasons that man really went to the moon?
 
Hi. Your question is really why the Americans went FIRST. It was a race of prestige.
 
We had to find out if it was cheese.
In the early 196's, the US was in serious trouble - a huge surplus of corned beef and pastrami was starting to fill up available warehouse space and they were running out of storage space for it.
On top of that, people living downwind of these storage plants were complaining about the smell (and the dogs and cats in their neighbourhoods were going wild).
So Kennedy promised the American people to find enough cheese to go with all that cured meat (Jackie was big on feeding the hungry).
 
to explor other bodies..and no it wasnt cheese..the soviet unuion explanation is more accurate..but they just wanted to discover things outside of earth
 
You are right. We were in a space race with the Soviet Union. President Kennedy gave us the challenge of landing men on the moon. When Kennedy got assassinated that made us even more determined to fulfill his life-long dream.
 
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