PRESIDENT KENNNEDY'S LUNAR CHALLENGE

On May 25th, 1961, President Kennedy, never one for half-measures, addressed a short-term political crisis by challenging both America and the Soviet Union to a race to the moon. With a mere 15 minutes of manned spaceflight under their belts, NASA had to invent a whole new way to do.... everything.
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