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That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind. — Neil Armstrong · 1969I 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 for the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish...in a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon—if we make this judgment affirmatively, it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there. — John F. Kennedy · 1961Magnificent desolation. — Buzz Aldrin · 1969We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills. — John F. Kennedy · 1962We choose to go to the moon. — John F. Kennedy · 1962
Space Race3 quotes
That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind. — Neil Armstrong · 1969I 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 for the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish...in a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon—if we make this judgment affirmatively, it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there. — John F. Kennedy · 1961We choose to go to the moon. — John F. Kennedy · 1962
The moon2 quotes
That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind. — Neil Armstrong · 1969Magnificent desolation. — Buzz Aldrin · 1969
Progress1 quote
That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind. — Neil Armstrong · 1969
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, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills. — John F. Kennedy · 1962
That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind. — Neil Armstrong · 1969