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Didn't JFK say something about going to the moon by the end of the decade?
by squigz 1y ago
Didn't JFK say something about going to the moon by the end of the decade?
- nkrisc 1y agoYes, and three astronauts died.
- UltraSane 1y agoa pure oxygen atmosphere was always a stupid idea.
- squigz 1y agoSure, I just don't think people reacted the way GP did when JFK said it.
- verdverm 1y agoThe current admin is different, the times are different, the people are largely different, thus the interpretations and reactions are different
- Dylan16807 1y agoDeaths are always terrible. But unless we have a reason to only care about astronauts specifically, once we zoom out to the entire massive endeavor and how much everyone sacrifices for any big project, three particular deaths aren't a big factor and don't do much to say if we went too fast or too slow.
- userbinator 1y agoNo risk, no gain.
- ks2048 1y agoJFK: "First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth." RFK Jr: "Measles ain't that bad, try this potion my friend came up with."
- daemonologist 1y agoYes, but the program was started under his predecessor Eisenhower (a Republican) and "the end of the decade" was beyond the end of a hypothetical second term. The timeline was arbitrary and political - probably set primarily to beat the Soviets - but not self-serving.