ambitious project. now it is time to take longer strides, time for a great new american enterprise. the soviets have already put the first man into space and after the bay of pigs fiasco jack cannot afford for america to be left behind. the united states was engaged in a space race with the russians. we weren t trying to just beat the soviets militarily, we were trying to beat them to new frontiers. this is the kennedy approach to life, which is win at all the costs. it s not good enough to come in second. and that was what they were told by their father from the time th were lile children. as jack projects the superiority of his country around the world, back at home a desperate struggle for civil rights is tearing america apart. if you re african-american in the united states in the 60s, you re not living in a