We Choose the Moon
By Jan Starks
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By Jan Starks
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World War II was over, the nuclear age had just begun and with it the Cold War.
In October 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into orbit and with it the fear that the Soviet's would militarize space.
America and its supremacy was at stake and it fell on President Eisenhower to create NASA and bring America to the forefront of this new space race.
President Kennedy chose the moon as our ultimate goal and we responded. Projects Mercury, Gemini and finally Apollo, America would not only catc...
In October 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into orbit and with it the fear that the Soviet's would militarize space.
America and its supremacy was at stake and it fell on President Eisenhower to create NASA and bring America to the forefront of this new space race.
President Kennedy chose the moon as our ultimate goal and we responded. Projects Mercury, Gemini and finally Apollo, America would not only catc...






















