Jfk Space Speech

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Jfk space speech. About 2 1 2 years after giving. We choose to go to the moon officially titled as the address at rice university on the nation s space effort is a speech delivered by united states president john f. A year earlier a russian had become the first human to orbit the earth. Kennedy s may 25 1961 speech.
Jfk s moon speech as presented by the festival of curiosity festivalofcuriosity ie during rick o shea s panel on jfk s space legacy on 17 july. Kennedy announced before a special joint session of congress the dramatic and ambitious goal of sending an american safely to the moon before the end of the decade. Kennedy about the effort to reach the moon to a large crowd gathered at rice stadium in houston texas on september 12 1962. This is a most inspirational presentation of perhaps the most famous space speech ever given.
He was president during the cuban missile crisis the civil rights movement and the beginning of the u s. Welcome to this week s episode of jfk 35 a podcast by the john f. Before a joint session of congress. See and hear the 17 minute 48 second speech in the mpg format.
Nasa history office the decision to go to the moon. Kennedy made the rice speech during a tour that also stopped at houston s manned spacecraft center now known as johnson space center the launch operations center in florida and alabama s. Kennedy s address at rice university houston texas concerning the nation s efforts in space exploration. Jfk and the great space race.
11 megabytes in asf movie format which requires windows media player 7. Kennedy was assassinated on november 22 1963. Theme music matt porter. In his speech the president discusses the necessity for the united states to become an international leader in space exploration and famously states 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.
In this week s episode of jfk 35 we ll revisit his speech at rice university and also speak with historian doug brinkley and his new book american moonshot. This is a very large file of 189 megabytes and only suggested for those with dsl asdl or cable modem access as the download time on a 28 8k or 56k modem would be many hours duration. This nasa provided transcript shows the text of kennedy s speech and what it called for in 1961 to put americans in space and on the moon before the decade ended. He delivered this speech about space to a large audience at rice university in houston texas on september 12 1962.
On may 25 1961 president john f. Video of the national aeronautic space administration s nasa coverage of president john f.