Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

"It is essential that necessary work relating to space programs be continued without loss of momentum."

"An imaginative and well-conceived space program must be given high priority and a sound organization provided to carry it out."

"The National Aeronautics and Space Agency should be given that authority which it will need to administer successfully the new programs under conditions that cannot now be fully foreseen."

"I have reached this conclusion because space exploration holds promise of adding importantly to our knowledge of the earth, the solar system, and the universe."