Jfk Space Speech
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Jfk space speech. On may 25 1961 president john f. He was president during the cuban missile crisis the civil rights movement and the beginning of the u s. In this week s episode of jfk 35 we ll revisit his speech at rice university and also speak with historian doug brinkley and his new book american moonshot.
Welcome to this week s episode of jfk 35 a podcast by the john f. Involvement in the vietnam war. Video of the national aeronautic space administration s nasa coverage of president john f.
This is a very large file of 189 megabytes and only suggested for those with dsl asdl or cable modem access as the download time on a 28 8k or 56k modem would be many hours duration. This nasa provided transcript shows the text of kennedy s speech and what it called for in 1961 to put americans in space and on the moon before the decade ended. A year earlier a russian had become the first human to orbit the earth.
Kennedy s may 25 1961 speech. He delivered this speech about space to a large audience at rice university in houston texas on september 12 1962. The speech largely written by kennedy advisor and speechwriter ted sorensen was intended to persuade the american people to support the apollo program the national effort to land a man.
Jfk and the great space race. Kennedy announced before a special joint session of congress the dramatic and ambitious goal of sending an american safely to the moon before the end of the decade. A number of political factors affected kennedy s decision and the timing of it.
In his speech the president discusses the necessity for the united states to become an international leader in space exploration and famously states we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy but because they are hard. Kennedy made the rice speech during a tour that also stopped at houston s manned spacecraft center now known as johnson space center the launch operations center in florida and alabama s. Nasa history office the decision to go to the moon.