The purpose of President Kennedy's speech was to:
"To motivate Americans to accepting the challenge for taking America to Space as well as to justify it"
In the short run, the speech allowed for the raising of the required funds needed to undertake all research and activities related to going to the moon.
The broader historical situation in which the excerpt was written was not just in the context of the History of America but in also in the context of the history of Mankind. See the textual evidence below:
"If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred. For the eyes of the world now look into space..."
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