"We Choose To Go To The Moon" - 50 years ago today

[Gus]

President Kennedy's famous speech at Rice University was 50 years ago today.

You can read and watch the whole speech at:

https://gizmodo.com/5942573

 

[azgreg]

You beat me by 2 minutes. lol

 

[GregGleason]

This speech is in my Top Ten for the category of Great Presidential Speeches of the 20th Century.

So it is not surprising that some would have us stay where we are a little longer to rest, to wait. But this city of Houston, this State of Texas, this country of the United States was not built by those who waited and rested and wished to look behind them. This country was conquered by those who moved forward—and so will space.

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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.
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Greg