In a Special Message to Congress on Urgent National Needs, President Kennedy argued for support for the nation's space program. While listing national goals, the President states, "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."
May 25, 1961. TNC-200-2 (excerpt)
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