Wax badan ka qor faqradan - Intii uu ku guda jiray ololihiisa doorashada, Kennedy wuxuu ku andacoonayay in Eisenhower iyo Jamhuuriga ay ka danbeeyeen Midowgii Soofiyeeti Dagaalkii Qaboobaa, dhanka milatariga iyo dhaqaalahaba, iyo in madaxweyne ahaan uu "Mar labaad dhaqaajin doono Mareykanka". maamulka Eisenhower wuxuu aasaasay NASA sanadkii 1958, laakin Kennedy wuxuu aaminsanaa in xisbiga Jamhuuriga uu iska indha tiray baahida loo qabo in la qabsado Midowga Soviet tartankii booska. Wuxuu balan qaaday in maamulka cusub ee Dimuqraadiga uu si buuxda u qiimeyn doono muhiimada guulaha hawada sare ee amniga qaranka iyo sumcadda caalamiga ah ee Mareykanka. Nixon ayaa ku jawaabay in, haddii la doorto, uu sii wadi doono "nabad iyo barwaaqo" in Eisenhower u keenay qaranka ee 1950. Nixon waxa kale oo uu ku dooday in dalku uu dagaal qabow kula jiro Ruushka, in Kennedy uu aad u da'yar yahay oo aan khibrad u lahayn in lagu aamini karo madaxtinimada. Haddii Nixon la doorto, 48 sano iyo 11 maalmood, wuxuu noqon lahaa madaxweynihii afaraad ee ugu da'da yaraa marka la caleemo saaro. Kennedy, taas bedelkeeda, wuxuu jiray 43 sano, 236 maalmood, taariikhda caleemo saarkiisa; ninka labaad ee ugu da'da yar ee bilaabaya madaxtinimada (42 jir Theodore Roosevelt, oo la wareegay madaxtinimada kadib dilkii Madaxweynaha Mareykanka William McKinley
60 sano ka hor, wuxuu ahaa kii ugu da'da yaraa).