If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred. The exploration of space will go ahead, whether we join in it or not, and it is one of the great adventures of all time, and no nation which expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to stay behind in this race for space.


Rice University speech, 12 September 1962


If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be...

If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be...

If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be...

If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be...