What option is the best to fill the blank: While President Kennedy was preparing to take office, he appointed an ad hoc committee headed by Jerome B. Wiesner of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to offer suggestions for American efforts in space. Wiesner, who later headed the President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC) under Kennedy, concluded that the issue of " 'was too great to allow the Soviet Union leadership in space efforts, and therefore the U.S. had to enter the field in a substantive way. O cold war O national prestige O space robots O scientific exploration

What option is the best to fill the blank: While President Kennedy was preparing to take office, he appointed an ad hoc committee headed by Jerome B. Wiesner of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to offer suggestions for American efforts in space. Wiesner, who later headed the President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC) under Kennedy, concluded that the issue of " 'was too great to allow the Soviet Union leadership in space efforts, and therefore the U.S. had to enter the field in a substantive way. O cold war O national prestige O space robots O scientific exploration