But why, some say, the Moon? Why choose this as our goal?
[The engines are running. 5...4...3...2...1...0. We have a lift-off. Lift-off on Apollo 11.]
And they may well ask, why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 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.
[That's one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.]
Because that challenge is one which we're willing to accept. One we are willing to fulfill, and one we intend to win.
[It's different, but it's very pretty out here.]