Question

rice stadium moon speech by president john f. kennedy (excerpt) on september 12, 1962, president john f. kennedy gave a speech at rice university in texas. during this time, the united states and the soviet union (a confederation of communist states that was governed by russia) were engaged in a \space race,\ in which the two super - powers were competing for spaceflight. at the time of the speech, the soviet union appears to have the edge in technology. in his speech, kennedy explains why the united states must lead. (1) those who came before us made certain that this country rode the first waves of the industrial revolutions, the first waves of modern invention, and the first wave of nuclear power, and this generation does not intend to founder in the backwash of the coming age of space. we mean to be a part of it - we mean to lead it. for the eyes of the world now look into space, to the moon and to the planets beyond, and we have vowed that we shall not see it governed by a hostile flag of conquest, but by a banner of freedom and peace. we have vowed that we select the correct text in the passage. which two details signal that kennedy is distorting evidence in his reasoning? (7) within these last 19 months at least 45 satellites have circled the earth. some 40 of them were \made in the united states of america\ and they were far more sophisticated and supplied far more knowledge to the people of the world than those of the soviet union...

Explanation:

The claim that US - made satellites were "far more sophisticated" and "supplied far more knowledge" than those of the Soviet Union is a subjective and possibly exaggerated statement without proper evidence - based comparison at that time. During the space race, both the US and the Soviet Union made significant and competitive achievements in space technology and knowledge - sharing.

Answer:

"they were far more sophisticated and supplied far more knowledge to the people of the world than those of the Soviet Union"