25 May 1961: Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs—Twenty days after Alan Shepard became the first American in space (Freedom 7), & one week after receiving N.A.S.A.'s initial Apollo feasibility study, President John F. Kennedy proposed before a joint session of Congress the goal of landing men on the Moon & returning them safely to the Earth by the end of 1969.
They Might Be Giants, "Destination Moon" from John Henry (Space Cadet Mike Papa Whiskey)
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