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President kennedy delivered a speech in houston, texas, designed to rouse spirits and change the dynamic. we choose to go to the moon. we choose to go to the moon. we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the otherthings, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. but it wasn t an easy journey. space exploration is expensive and dangerous. there were many setbacks on the way. in just a few years, in 1969, the world watched in awe as us astronaut neil armstrong set foot on the moon, uttering the immortal words. that s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. i they ve got the flag up now, and you can see the stars and stripes.
Obviously, we saw the launch of sputnik, the first artificial satellite into space, in 1957. so, only four years after, there was a tremendous quick development into launching a satellite to actually launching a human and returning him safely back down to earth. all eyes were now on a world that laid beyond earth. the soviet union and the united states each wanted to show that they could get to the moon first. it became known as the space race. russia had put the first person in space. american prestige was taking a beating. and on the ground, us presidentjohn f kennedy was losing the so called cuban missile crisis. he had threatened the soviets with nuclear war if they went ahead and built a military base right on america s doorstep. in september 1962,
In september 1962, president kennedy delivered a speech in houston, texas, designed to rouse spirits and change the dynamic. we choose to go to the moon. applause 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. but it wasn t an easy journey. space exploration is expensive and dangerous. there were many setbacks on the way. in just a few years, in 1969, the world watched in awe as us astronaut neil armstrong set foot on the moon, uttering the immortal words. it s one small step for man.