09/29/1962
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
". . . our leadership in science and industry, our hopes for peace and security, our obligations to ourselves as well as others, all require us to . . . become the world's leading space-faring nation."
"Any nation that wants to remain No. 1 on Earth must also be No. 1 in space."
"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."
"I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal before this decade is out of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth. No single space project in this period will b..."