Lyndon Johnson actually said...

The year 1965--the year of GEMINI, RANGER, and MARINER--is a brilliant preface to the coming years of APOLLO, stations in space, and voyages to the planets.

Context

Message to the Congress Transmitting Annual Report on U.S. Aeronautics and Space Activities.

01/30/1966

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