But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal?
and they may will ask why climb the highest mountain?
Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas?
We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon.
We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things,
not because they are easy, but because they are hard.
Because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills.
Because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept.
One we are willing to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the other, too.
It is for these reasons that I regard the decision last year to shift our efforts
in space from low to high gear as among the most important decisions
that will be made during my incumbency in the office of the Presidency.