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On the recordFebruary 17, 1963
It is hard to visualize what the world would be like without aircraft and jet propulsion, or without the vision we have, just entering the realm of reality, of exploring space.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks Upon Presenting the National Medal of Science to Theodore von Karman

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