“We will lead the exploration of space because discovery is one of the tests of the vitality of a nation.”<\/p>Richard M. Nixon (then Vice President of the United States) 10\/25\/1960<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n “We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade… not because (it is) easy, but because (it is) hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win…”<\/p>President John F. Kennedy 9\/12\/1962<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Jacqueline Kennedy, JFK’s widow, once said, “At night before we’d go to sleep, Jack (JFK) liked to play some records; and the song he loved the most came at the end of this record. The lines he loved to hear were, ‘Don’t let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot<\/strong>.'”<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/thinkingaccuratelyeducation.comwp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/JFK.jpg\")
![President John F. Kennedy<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nJacqueline Kennedy, JFK’s widow, once said, “At night before we’d go to sleep, Jack (JFK) liked to play some records; and the song he loved the most came at the end of this record. The lines he loved to hear were, ‘Don’t let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot<\/strong>.'”<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n](\"https:\/\/th.bing.com\/th\/id\/R1332fd7f72cd05c4c206bd29ca59db54?rik=jaTB3VeX%2bOlKcw&riu=http%3a%2f%2fdrdann.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2013%2f03%2fJFK.jpg&ehk=QmlMCiRz88r39xopCsP7WZckU2LzFspMRzx3ejxpDBM%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw\"){kind=link}