Open AccessNew insight into JFK lunar goal
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/01eo00245
Subject(s) - commit , space (punctuation) , soviet union , space exploration , aeronautics , arms race , range (aeronautics) , moon landing , political science , history , engineering , law , computer science , economic history , aerospace engineering , politics , apollo , database , operating system , zoology , biology
In a well‐known message to Congress in May 1961, U.S. President John F. Kennedy stated his goal of reaching the Moon, and beating the Soviet Union in the space race: “First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long‐range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish.”