Probably not. Kennedy made his speech in 1963, but a lot had been accomplished before that. 1963 was 18 years after WW2, and 10 years after the Korean War. Ther

Probably not. Kennedy made his speech in 1963, but a lot had been accomplished before that. 1963 was 18 years after WW2, and 10 years after the Korean War. There were tons of mid- and late-career engineers, and multiple aerospace companies. The 1950s were amazing in terms of number of airplanes, missiles and rockets developed. Those engineers had lots of experience. I don't think the US can replicate that level of Human resources right now, certainly not in terms of experience. The US hasn't had that many new aircraft or rockets or missiles since the Apollo program.