"Because it is There:" President Kennedy on the Exploration of Space
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- Most people know only one line from President John F. Kennedy’s 1962 Rice University speech: “We choose to go to the Moon…not because it is easy, but because it is hard.” This is deeply unfortunate, as the entire, 18-minute speech is a rousing and thrilling piece of prose about our obligations for celestial exploration. In this video, I hope to capture some of that tone. This too is just a snippet-the full speech can be viewed here ( • President Kennedy's Sp... ) or read here (er.jsc.nasa.gov... much of Kennedy’s Cold War allusions and Soviet xenophobia. Enjoy…and be inspired by what humans have done and can still do when they put their collective minds and hearts to it.
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The worst crime is that John didn’t get to see his dreams come full circle, he inspired an entire generation, but couldn’t see it it through.
Yeahh
Kinda like Bradley Nowell of Sublime. So sad. 😔
This 😭
That is because there were dark elements that assassinated him! I am a Republican, but an Irish American. President Kennedy was a great President! His rhetoric was unbelievable! He could not articulate “decade”!
He's one of the greatest humans that have ever lived
Not because it is easy, but because it is hard.
Proud
and because we can, yes we can. :) I been thinking lately JFK and Sanders feel the same way on all the issues, its like sanders and JFK vs Don and Ron
You mean "Haaad.". Lol.
Angel Kaye no , jfk was too great , Bernie has good intentions but his policies are not objective as for Jfk was a visionary who knew how to actually get there
@@PaulTheSkeptic yes because it is haaarddd
Truly one of the most moving speeches ever given.
The best speech ever
@@Th3Victor1338 @Diche Bach is correct: "One of the most ..." Certainly high in the top half, but *_The_* best is too subjective for there to be universal agreement, and depends on the purpose of the speech. Was no speech by JFK "better" for a different purpose? Was no speech by Jesus better than one for the same purpose by JFK?
I love Kennedy. My favorite president.
I Love Jack
Paul i love you too.
Yes he was mind blowing
@@johnf.kennedy1 Lmao
Paul TheSkeptic Have you heard of a sniper?
This is epic. Everytime I need some motivation to do something, I watch this.
Me too
You, too?
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Could anyone imagine a president talking this way today. We seem to missing politicians who can look beyond the short term and see a long term vision of the future. We need politicians who understand that when we as a country make real and concrete long term goals, we have something to aim for and in doing so humans will create all types of new technologies and ideas on how to achieve that goal. This is how we went to the moon. We had a long term goal and we as a nation took it upon ourselves to push our science and technology to that goal. So many things that we have today are based on the technologies that were developed during our pursuit of this goal. If we had not gone to the moon, I would say half the technological breakthroughs of the last 50 decades would not have taken place as they did. Its not the goal that is the most important thing, but the industries, technologies and knowledge that we acquire in our pursuit of that goal. That knowledge and technology will provide a bedrock for our kids and their grand kids on which to stand upon. If we don't continue to build that bed rock, then we as a nation have failed our children and all proceeding generations that will come after us.
Listen to Obama’s inauguration speech
@@mml1426 only Obama, in recent years, or say since President Kennedy, manages to come close to the standards set by JKF.
His speech was a really good one too..
Couldn’t have said it better myself. Other than the 50 decades part, although I assume that was a typo. I don’t care if we have a Democratic or Republican president, but we need one that is responsible, respectful, and a long term thinker like you said. That is the only way our country is going to move forward. It’s crazy how much this speech from 60 years ago is still so relevant today.
Couldn’t have said it better myself and I am not even American (Scandinavian).
To me it’s always a pleasure to watch someone perform who is is really good at something and President Kennedy was an unbelievable rhetorician. He said the right things the right way and understood and respected the importance of it.
This speech (to me) symbolizes the importance of achieving knowledge and working together to reach “higher” goals.
This is how you motivate people to make progress.
@@mml1426 yeah it sucks that apparently bigots can watch this and not notice Obama as a great president
Those were, indeed, different times. With the "what's in it for me?" attitude so prevalent today, it's a wonder that we accomplish anything.
And yet his speech is so relevant today. With racial injustice and the abomination that is healthcare. We need major chanbe
@@Powerhaus88 fr stuff lik that was a 1960s ago it’s way better now
generations come and go friend but our curiosity never fails the world right now is nothing but a species in its infancy our knowledge has far outstretched our wisdom and morality. Space unifies us though i believe that once we can look up at the moon and mars and see the light of human cites we will finally grasp how small we all are and the beauty of the cosmos even though we will most likely never see it, all we can do is hope
I could listen to him, all day long
People make fun, underestimate, and discourage those who aspire to live their dreams, to take a shot at life.....I am moved, as president Kennedy, taking the example of George Mallory, who died on Everest, not only did he honor him, but the very spirit of humanity. No man who died in pursuit of his dreams was a failure but a champion like no other. What a powerful speech.
This is American Exceptionalism. Too bad few, if any, of our politicians understand this.
+chrisose Feel the bern, and I'm a norwegian ;-)
JFK was heavily anti-socialist. He and Bernie Sanders would not be getting along at all if he was alive today.
You think it's easy to find someone like him? He's one in a billion, we'd be lucky if we saw another Kennedy in our lifetime. Kennedy writes his own speeches and decides to improvise half way through it just because he can. Hahaha, who the fuck in their right mind does that? Only Kennedy
Martingoldfire that's funny
DeadlyRecon jfk's politics would land him, on the spectrum, as a republican in today's political climate
My favorite President. As a boy I loved to watch his press conferences and always looked forward to his speeches. A great intellect with a great, inclusive vision for this country. You can still go to people's homes in Latin American countries and see Pres. Kennedy's picture on the wall.
Why latin american?
This gives me chills, and i am not even American
Well, you don’t need to be American. You are human. Humanity has taken these steps.
@@wayne3394 This is America. This was a triumph for America. Winning the space race against our rival Russia and solidifying our place as leader in a whole other arena.
Kennedy offered a vision. A vision both within our grasp and yet, outside of our instincts. JFK proposed ideas - ideas - which resonate more than sixty years later. Kennedy believed in the triumph that is America. America the exceptional. His powerful rhetoric embodied and embraced insights for a newer Frontier. Leadership is all about vision. I can see the light. JFK held a visionary candle opening our minds to greater ideas and innovations.
"Houston, tranquillity base here. The eagle has landed.."
“As one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind”
This is the most inspirational speech I’ve ever heard! Even Hollywood couldn’t produce something like this. He chose science over war, God Bless JFK ♥️
I m from India....but I love Sir John F Kennedy ...His each and every word in the Moon speech makes a rush of adrenaline.....
Your videos are a masterpiece!!! You really touch my soul, I can't thank you enough!!! How lucky the world was to have such a great and courageous man as John F Kennedy!!!
Greatest president in America history!!! Thank you for uploading this incredibly inspiring video!!!
My God,this video with speech & music is incredible
Every single one of your videos leaves me pondering life for a good five minutes after watching it. Keep up the great work
TylerDragonRider Just five? I need to redouble my efforts! ;-)
An amazing speech from an amazing man...
Wish he had survived ....
I do too. JFK became a modern martyr. Too bad that we didn't actually put a man on the moon until Nixon was PotUS.
He did survive in your heart
Does it really have to take an alien invasion for the World to realize it's true collective strength? I wish we could make Mars Exploration a matter of pride for entire mankind, and not just a handful of nations. We're in this together!! 🌏
Humanity rolled on its grave when they shot JFK
Great video! never stop making new videos like this people need to see these and learn how great space and spaceflight is too humanity as a whole.
Thank you Mr. President Kennedy, you teach us why we have to fight for our dreams.
Still today president kennedy inspires us when we watch his speech and will be forever
Who down-voted this?! Great stuff as always, Brandon.
Number0neSon Ha! Thanks!
Number0neSon
Probably an anti-science theist.
+Number0neSon One butthurt theist watched this. XD
+Number0neSon A republican, who else?
A degenerate libtard who's against the progress of mankind.
we ask Gods blessing as we set sail...
Fun speech. Interesting history. I occasionally find myself wondering if the Soviets weren't in a declared race to space with the Americans if this speech would not have happened and if perhaps the moon would remain personally unexplored to this day.
ChipArgyle I believe it was only the Soviets in the race that made it happen. Without that competition, I think we'd still be talking about it rather than having done it.
On the other hand, was it the meme of space exploration -- previously found only in fiction -- that caused two world powers to use it for political jockeying? One could say, perhaps, that the meme found prime hosts that could finally propagate it widely. Perhaps USA and CCCP were simply convenient carriers of a compelling meme. But don't get me wrong -- we haven't had such an intelligent and visionary president since Kennedy.
"And, therefore, as we set sail, we ask God's blessing on the most hazardous, and dangerous, and greatest adventure on which Man has ever embarked."
I wish instead of liking a video you could love it. This was the most beautiful thing ive seen this year :c
He was so great there are no words to fathom the way he was so great!
Today, after a day of stress and drinking, somehow I found myself in this video. And I cry for the worlds which we didn't conquer.
Why I watch this so many times?
Because it's there.
There’s no doubt that Kennedy is one of the best presidents who have ever been elected !!
JFK was the most inspirational president in my memory. I was too young to vote for him at the time. I still am looking for a leader like him. I Haven't found him or her yet.
DAMN I give a good speech. Curse you Lee Harvey!
Every time I see you've posted a new video I stop whatever I'm doing and watch. Always inspirational and well done. Keep up the awesome work!
BootlessDave So awesome! Thank you so much!
Omg I wish I can see a live landing on the moon...this brings me to trears
Don't worry. Mars ahead! :)
Mars and the moon are ahead. Its a good time too be alive.
The United States will be landing in the Moon and Mars, so get yourself ready. What a time to be alive 🇺🇸 🌎
Artemis mission :).
man.. just imagine what the entirety of Humanity can do..
Plumbline Pictures this has the clearest version of JFK's speech. Where did you find it or did you clean up the original video?
NASA, Spacex you exist bc of this speech ...
One must conquer, achieve get to the top to know there’s no dream that mustn’t be deared” George Mallory
Good lord..when it co
Es to speeches...many are great for different things. It Kennedy had delivery presents and so much confidence in what he was saying. He willed our nation into possible change. For the better
Simply ...in modern terms, ( THE GOAT!)
Because is there!
My favorite President ever
epic - thank you for creating this.
I think the gattaca music when vincent is leaving would go great with this
A Speech which could not be out Trumped by any American President,
Untill mars that has too be a heckin good speech.
Kennedy was an excellent orator
President Kennedy never engaged in silly arguments. His speach is short and sweet.
Beautiful, great use of the Xmen music too (from the best Xmen film)
he would have been so proud of what we have accomplished...
Indeed,he is a really great and magnificent leader
谢谢
Chris Matthews speaking about the Kennedy assassination and l am paraphrasing, those of us who knew him or have taken time to become fully aware of him will never get over it.
It took a lot of time of the apollo project to put men on the moon, soon (2024) we are going to build a civilization on the moon (a moon base) and in 2020 we are sending a rover to mars to take ground samples and return it to earth to check if there are bio organisems inside ice, space rocketry is not that difficult but it took us a long time to get to this moment. Im 12 and i like astronomy, rocketry, physics, and i wish i could build a company like spaceX, NASA i whould like to help the world...
Fantastic inspirational video, thank you.
Trevor Brooks You're very welcome!
Obviously an oration of great vision, eloquence, and historical significance.
The Space is there!!!! so let us explore them!!!! that is my dream!!! "Operation Mankind"!!!!!
R.I.P John F Kennedy
i owe this to Sagan
What a speech.
I have great respect for JFK
Love him from India 🇮🇳
Amen! I also admire JFK!
If America sets it's eyes on something it will not stop for anything until it achieves it , good
Excellent. Very moving.
Great video but you blocked out the best part. The part where he says not because it’s easy but because it is hard that’s my favorite quote of his entire speech. Because America never take the easy route we always take the long hard and brutal road to accomplish the impossible from the great depression through World War II and now in space I’m excited for today space launch if it goes through a returning American National it’s a board American rockets on American soil in 2020 and hopefully will return to the moon in for years and eventually to Mars
I love JF Kennedy speach which has inspiration to us
anytime...
We can only imagine the greatness that could've been achieved if his life and presidency wasn't cut short. It's a damned shame.
JFK's speech reminds me that people used to dream big and believe in a future... And most importantly they had the WILL and VISION to conquer life. "Because it is there" "Not because it is easy, but because it is hard".
When are you going to make more videos?
The last great Democrat President rest in peace Mr President
I'm 48, years of age. Always knew my parents gave me the middle name after *JFK* . I never asked, *why* ? Both of my parents, are no longer with us. Like the lady stated in the movie. Eve's Bayou. ''So that was the damn *reason* '' . Now I know. 🙏🏾
Brilliant speech , awesome that JFK gave props to George Mallory
🇬🇧 Midst the chaos ❤️
awesome
a great vid
frank flyman Thanks!
Brandon Fibbs Great video as always sir. We at Penny4NASA look forward to sharing soon.
Jesse Zakshesky Awesome! Thanks!
Brandon, it's been a while since you've posted anything. I hope that you, your family and your life are going well.
Take care,
Another CFNI atheist grad
When are we going to Mars!!!
2024 is the plan
@@DarkTheFailure Sorry to say, Buy it’ll probably happen in the 2030s or 2040s, NASA also said the moon landings will be delayed, Bureaucratic mumbles from politicians, the two-party system is tearing the US apart.
@@thementallyunstablemanwhos1326 yeah good point. The elon time plan is now even delayed to 2026
This country use and abused this Family and this man shot and butcher him and disrespected name and family sickening what rich man allowed to do.
They kill him ,cuz of these, better future for whole humanity .... there is always some1 who dont want you yo get better, only worse and worse,self destructive morons walking down a head, .... thanks for people who at least try to get us somewhere,and did something new. RIP J.F.KENEDY
Omg I love President Kennedy so much! He was a true statesman. The greatest president who ever lived!
A great President and great American
TRI TRI TRI ☝😍
In the minute 0.49-0.5 a piece of track is missing, you can not modify the speech is not faire
Not exactly sure how to read your timecode comment, but yeah, it's called editing. A whole lot of it was necessary to fit the pertinent parts of the speech into so concise a video. Fairness has nothing to do with it unless I was editing the soundbites to make it sound as if Kennedy said something he did not, which I have not.
Minute 0:49 - 0:50, when he talks about the apparition of Christianity.
Since the invention of Christianity has been a force for ill rather than good, I think that was a valid edit in depicting those things for which humanity should be proud.
I could not agree more with you, but since that is in the original speech, the least you can do, if you say that video is Kennedy's speech, is to leave it as it was originally. I did not come here to criticize anyone's work, the only thing that I would like is that if you decide to remove a part of something HISTORICAL, however much you agree, you should indicate that it is not complete. Be rigorous when dealing with sensitive issues such as religion. Since I am not English speaking, I ask for forgiveness in advance if I have made a serious error.
Kennedy's entire speech is 18 minutes long. This video is only four. Clearly I edited a ton. Had to. Why aren't you angry I cut out the bits about Plymouth Bay Colony, the University of Texas, or Congressman Miller? You don't mind that I cut them. So stop being selective and just understand that if you want to make something 18 minutes into something four minutes, you're gonna have to cut out a lot of stuff, some of which may disappoint those watching later, but you trust they are intelligent enough to understand that there is no way around such issues.
JFK the Best President of U.S.A 💯🤙
No. But he definitely had the potential to be. Taken to soon to see his peak strength.
How I wish they choose people to come back to life, I would've chosen.
I'm curious who wrote this speech. Whoever they were, they did a great job 👍
Ted Sorensen
@@staycuriousmyfriends660 thanks so much... it must be a bit of a bummer for the speech writers haha...the president gets all the credit for just reading someone else's thoughts. JFK gave a great delivery of course...but still.
Awe injected thank you
If a US politician today gave a speech it would be full of 'god this' and 'god that' and 'with god' and ' if god pleases..... ' bloody hell !!!!! This such a good speech
Stephen Catton Gingrich tried it in 2012, with his "moon base" and other exploration ideas. The media had a field day with him.
furtim1 It's true! I found myself vociferously defending him (not something I normally do for Gingrich) for that. His vision was not outside the realm of possibility whatsoever.
furtim1 Not quite so eloquent in the speach's delivery though
"as we set sail, we ask for God's blessing..."
Not at all🤣 where tf do you live? God is like hella not allowed by liberals now.
Unfortunately this is the same Man that, according to his biographer, thought that it wasn’t worth spending millions on space exploration. It was an unprecedented result reaching the moon, but it was a political issue. A political will. Not a scientific curiosity purpose. And I claim this is a pity
roger..:=
What a great president. One of the best we've ever had.
Space is theyah
A President with charismatic personality , good orater , great vision America ever had . The whole world loved J.F.K . Now
Rest in peace with his family .
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Who really wrote those speech? All those speech written by others, for kings and others, and Presidents by centuries.
I love
Adventure is calling collect, will you accept the charges?
He has a peculiar accent🤔
Louisiana
A New England Massachusetts accent. Same as his brother, RFK.It made it easy to imitate him Just like LBJ's Texas accent.
*Friday Friday Gotta get down on Friday* good song
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