We choose to go to the Moon
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The Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort was a speech on September 12, 1962, by John F. Kennedy, the president of the United States. Its aim was to bolster public support for his pr
John F. Kennedy speaks at Rice University
The crowd at Rice University watching Kennedy's speech
Kennedy attending a briefing at Cape Canaveral on September 11, 1962. With him in the front row are (from left) NASA administrator James Webb, Vice President Lyndon Johnson, NASA Launch Center director Kurt Debus, Lieutenant General Leighton I. Davis and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara.
John F. Kennedy – Presidential Portrait
Ted Sorensen
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Theodore Chaikin Sorensen was an American lawyer, writer, and presidential adviser. He was the primary speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy, as well as one of his closest advisers. President Ken
We choose to go to the Moon
…Moon before the end of the decade and bring him safely back to Earth. Kennedy gave the speech, largely written by presidential advisor and speechwriter Ted Sorensen, to a large crowd at Rice University Stadium in Houston, Texas. In his speech, Kennedy characterized space as a new frontier, invoking the pioneer…
Sorensen in 1983
White House photo of Sorensen during the Kennedy administration
Ted Sorensen in 2009