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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “The tasks are so challenging, the costs so great, and the risks to the brave men who engage in space exploration so…”

On the recordMarch 17, 1962
The tasks are so challenging, the costs so great, and the risks to the brave men who engage in space exploration so grave, that we must in all good conscience try every possibility of sharing these tasks and costs and of minimizing these risks.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Message to Chairman Khrushchev Proposing Joint Action in the Exploration of Outer Space

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