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==﻿ John F. Kennedy ended up never presenting his going to the moon speech to congress because after talking with James Webb and vice president, Lyndon Johnson, he realized that the journey would be too dangerous. Because of John F. Kennedy’s decision not to give his speech, Americans weren’t encouraged to excel in the “space race." However, the United States was still involved in the “space race” and it was still a major competition between the United States and the Soviets. Dr. John P. Hagens, Project Vanguard, was the only accomplishment the United States had throughout the space race and even then there were clear conflicts. The United States government chose to focus more on other important issues. John F. Kennedy could have focused on more specific details of the Cold War like the “Cuban Missile Crisis,” Civil Rights, and conflicts with Southeast Asia—“Vietnam War.” For example, January 18, 1962, N. Vietnam announced that Communist-held territory in the south were governed by the Vietnam People’s Revolutionary party.When the United States decided to not go to the moon, it almost shot them in the foot. Russia became big leaders in space in science and over took the Americans. America's title of the biggest world power in the economy and education started to slip. ==