What Was The Goal Of The Apollo Program?

Question

A.) to view earth from space
B.) to explore the sun
C.) to explore the moon
D.) to explore other planets

Answer 1

Of those, C is the best answer. The real answer was just to land a man on the moon in the 1960s.

Answer 2

Publicly, the answer is C - to explore the moon.

As far as the cold war goes however, the answer is E - none of the above because the real reason was to prove we could park a bigger warhead on Moscow than Moscow could park on Washington.

The best inventions and technological progress has historically always happened in times of war. The cold war may not have been full of bullets, but it was very much a war.

Answer 3

the answer to your question is not quite that simple. some of the goal of the NASA Apollo program:

1) land a human being on the moon
2) bring samples of the moon back to earth
3) develop technology - for science, for the military and for industrial development
4) assert American primacy in science (we were competing with the Soviet Union)
5) inspire the American people
6) focus the American public on science in education
7) try and create a form of international competition that is more beneficial, productive and safer than an arms race

Answer 4

The official answer is C, to explore the moon, however... it was really for beating the Russians to the moon.