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It was president John Kennedy who started the moon race.
President Kennedy entered the US into the space race in 1961.
While President Nixon was a big supporter of space exploration, it was President Kennedy who actually started federal funding to finance it. It could be said, Kennedy started the space race.
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bobby Kennedy
Nobody did. It was entirely metaphorical. There was no race, but the people who were involved were Nikita Khrushchev, the President of Russia at the time, and President John F. Kennedy of the United States.
john f Kennedy ran a grueling race against Richard Nixon and ended up triumphantly defeating him and becoming the president.
Kennedy was elected president in November of 1960. He was inaugurated on January 20, 1961.
John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States of America. Over the course of his presidency, the "Space Race" took place; Kennedy wrote several speeches pertaining to this. Years ago, John F. Kennedy was assassinated in the great state of Texas.
President John F. Kennedy challenged the United States to have a man land on the moon and to take a leadership role in the "space race."
He won the race by crossing the finish line first.