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May 1961. >> even though i realize that this is in some measure an act of faith and vision for we do not now know what benefits await us, but if i were to say, my fellow citizens, that we shall send to the moon, 240,000 miles away from the control station in houston, a giant rocket, more than 300 feet tall, fitted together with a precision better than the finest watch, carrying all the equipment needed for propulsion, guidance, control, communications, food and survival, on an untried mission to an unknown celestial body and then return it safely to earth, re-entering the atmosphere at speeds ...

Survival, on an untried mission to an unknown celestial body and then return it safely to earth, re-entering the atmosphere at speeds of over 25,000 miles per hour, causing heat about half that on the temperature of the sun, almost as hot as it is here today, and do all this and do all this and do it right and do it first before this decade is out, then we must be bold. [ applause ]

Communications, food, and survival, on an untried mission to an unknown celestial body and then return it safely to earth, re-entering the atmosphere at speeds of over 25,000 miles per hour had, causing heat about half that on the temperature of the sun, almost as hot as it is here today and do all this and do all this and do it right and do it first before this decade is out, then we must be bold. [ applause ]