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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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