The Challenge of the Planets, Part Two: High Energy

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President John F. Kennedy did not call only for a piloted lunar landing by 1970 in his 25 May 1961 “Urgent National Needs” speech before a joint session of the U.S. Congress. Among other things, he sought new money to expand Federal research into nuclear rockets, which, he explained, might one day enable Americans to […]
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