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Apollo Expeditions To The Moon: Chapter 2 'I Believe We Should Go to the Moon' By Robert R. Gilruth

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Chapter 2 "I Believe We Should Go to the Moon" By Robert R. Gilruth

President Kennedy's statement, "Fly man to the Moon in this decade, " was a beautiful definition of the task. There could be no misunderstanding as to just what was desired, and this clarity of purpose was one factor in the success of Apollo. By definition, it settled the old question of man versus instrument, and it provided a goal so difficult that new concepts, as well as new designs, would be required to accomplish it. Since the landing was geared to the decade of the sixties, the pace of the program was also defined, and a clear test of strength with the Soviets was ...

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