WHY THE MOON?

WHY THE MOON?

the following is an excerpt from a speech delivered by President John F. Kennedy at Rice University after he was told it would take forty years for man to reach the moon. its content reflects part of my motivation for going overseas and taking on the challenge of utilizing the arts to tell the multitudes in East Asia about the love of Christ.

But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask, why climb the highest mountain? Why, thirty-five years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas?

We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard! Because THAT GOAL will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills. Because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept,… one we are unwilling to postpone,… and one we intend to win, and the others too!