Richard Nixon actually said...

We must explore the unknown, not because of what we are going to find or think we are going to find, not because of the uses that we expect to get from space, but because there is something there, something there that we must explore.

Context

Remarks on Presenting the NASA Distinguished Service Medal to the Apollo 14 Astronauts.

02/28/1971

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