The exploration of space will go ahead, whether we join in it or not, and it is one of the great adventures of all time, and no nation which expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to stay behind in this race for space.
— John F. Kennedy
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If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred. The exploration of space will go ahead, whether we join in it or not, and it is one of the great adventures of all time, and no nation which expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to stay behind in this race for space.
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• Source: Wikiquote: "John F. Kennedy" (Quotes, 1962, Rice University speech:
Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort, Houston, TX (12 September 1962); addresses 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.")
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Name: JFK inspects Mercury capsule, 23 February 1962
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Description: English: President John F. Kennedy inspects Mercury capsule with astronaut John Glenn.
Date: 23 February 1962
Source: http://narademo.umiacs.umd.edu/cgi-bin/isadg/viewobject.pl?object=8949 (direct link, 20.8 MB TIFF)
Author: Cecil Stoughton, White House
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