 | Thomas G. Paterson Professor of History University of Connecticut - History - 1988 - 334 pages
...Games."26 To the missile expert Wernher von Braun, Kennedy wrote: "Do we have a chance of beating [them] by putting a laboratory in space, or by a trip around the moon and back with a man? Is there any space program which promises dramatic results which we could win?"27... | |
 | Timothy Walch - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 276 pages
...embarrassed the United States, JFK asked Lyndon to make "an overall survey of where we stand in space. Do we have a chance of beating the Soviets by putting...by a rocket to go to the moon and back with a man?" Johnson replied that the Soviets were ahead "in world prestige attained through technological accomplishments... | |
 | Roger D. Launius, Howard E. McCurdy - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 276 pages
...Johnson to conduct a survey of where the United States stood in space. In particular, Kennedy asked, "Do we have a chance of beating the Soviets by putting...space, or by a trip around the moon, or by a rocket to go to the moon and back with a man? Is there any other space program that promises dramatic results... | |
 | Kevin Ryan - Business & Economics - 2003 - 260 pages
...practical precaution for the safety of the persons actively participating in space flights. ....... As for specific questions posed in your memorandum, the following...which promises dramatic results in which we could win? AI — The Soviets now have a rocket capability for putting a multi-manned laboratory into space and... | |
 | Robert Dallek - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 422 pages
...embarrassed the United States, JFK asked Lyndon to make "an overall survey of where we stand in space. Do we have a chance of beating the Soviets by putting...by a rocket to go to the moon and back with a man?" Johnson replied that the Soviets were ahead of us "in world prestige attained through technological... | |
 | W. D. Kay - Science - 2005 - 262 pages
..."overall" in space. Item number one, however, makes it very clear where the president's priorities lay: moon, or by a rocket to go to the moon and back with...which promises dramatic results in which we could witf. In announcing Johnson's assignment to the press the following day, Kennedy added that he was... | |
 | John A. Barnes - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 252 pages
...Johnson, who chaired the Space Council. "Do we have a chance of beating the Soviets," the memo asked, "by putting a laboratory in space, or by a trip around the moon, or by a rocket to go to the moon and back with a man? Is there any other space program which promises dramatic results... | |
 | Margaret A. Weitekamp - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 262 pages
...the Soviets in space, Kennedy summarized a series of possible plans for the space effort by asking, "Is there any other space program which promises dramatic results in which we could win?" The emphasis on "dramatic" achievements rather than scientific or technological ones highlighted how... | |
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Do we have a chance of beating the Soviets by putting a laboratory in space, or by a trip around the moon, or by a rocket to land on the moon, or by a rocket to go to the moon and back with a man? Is there any other space program which promises dramatic... 
