06/22/1963
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"When the plane was first invented, I am sure there were a good many who wondered what possible use it could be."
"Sincerely, JOHN F. KENNEDY"
"I imagine that some day we will be welcoming them back, one or two or three of them anyway, who have gone a good deal further than they have now gone."
"I hope that this award, which in a sense closes out this particular phase of the space program, will be a stimulus to them and to other astronauts who will carry our flag to the moon and perhaps even ..."