JFK - We choose to go to the Moon, full length

"We choose to go to the Moon"

As we sit at the precipice of a new era of exploration, I thought it appropriate to revisit the original inspiration and rationale for the first lunar exploration program as so eloquently stated by John F. Kennedy. The original speech by JFK was held in Houston, TX at the Rice Stadium in the fall of 1962.

"Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it. He said, 'Because it is there.' Well, space is there, and we're going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there. And, therefore, as we set sail we ask God's blessing on the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked."

-John F. Kennedy, Rice University, Sept. 12, 1962


http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+...

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/We_choo...

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/con...

www.rice.edu

www.nasa.gov

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[TheVoiceOfReason93]

We went wrong somewhere. Everything went wrong somewhere. We need a President John F Kennedy to inspire us and lead us to the right path again. 

[MegaSerps]

Good answer. The same said Benjamin Franklin whey someone aske him " explain me the benefits of flyin with a ballon". Then the human race invented the Zepellin and then the aeroplanes... thats the same. And that man, JFK was awesome, he was a great man and I don't care his private life. US and theWorld needs another kennedy...but someone killed their family...

[enchantedbananas]

H TOWN

[mohican19831]

hahahah Obama is no jfk

[TheVoiceOfReason93]

A lot of people back in 2008, and probably now, had the impression Obama is another JFK. And he probably idolized him too. Sadly, no, he isn't.

[mohican19831]

uh duh



[TheVoiceOfReason93]

Nooo! (Maybe not, but an approximate would do, and no, he's NOT Obama)

[mohican19831]

youll never see a president like him ever again