...said, "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal before the decade is out of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth." Kennedy's announcement put a hard deadline on what had originally been a long-range plan to explore...

...Vision: "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth." — US President John F. Kennedy, May 25, 1961. The first challenge is developing your Ideal Future...

...announcement to show American determination to be first in space. On May 25, the president set a national goal of "landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth" by the end of the 19605. Led by men like von Braun, Robert Gilruth, James Webb, and George...

...Kennedy proposed "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 Earth." ... He recruited the best minds. Money was to be no limit. He used the media to rally the voters behind...

...May 25, 1961, "that this nation . . . commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to earth." The commitment that followed gave an entirely new urgency to the Saturn program. To coordinate it and...

...mission activities. A: ADOPT A METHOD In May, 1961, after President Kennedy had challenged America to landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth, NASA soon defined three methods of achieving this objective: (1) direct ascent from the surface of...

...continent: "I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth."1 Thus, the Apollo Project began. Those twenty-nine words changed America, the world of technology,...

..."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." However, the steps leading up to this decision were tactical and short-term, and not at...

..."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." No cash prize was offered, and no single inventor completed the challenge: the program...

...statements: 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. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important...