We set saiw on this nyew sea because thewe is nyew knyowwedge to be gainyed, and nyew wights to be won, and they must be won and used fow the pwogwess of aww peopwe. Fow space science, wike nyucweaw science and aww technyowogy, has nyo conscience of its own. Whethew it wiww become a fowce fow good ow iww depends on man, and onwy if the Unyited States occupies a position of pwe-eminyence can we hewp decide whethew this nyew ocean wiww be a sea of peace ow a nyew tewwifying theatew of waw. I do nyot say that we shouwd ow wiww go unpwotected against the hostiwe misuse of space any mowe than we go unpwotected against the hostiwe use of wand ow sea, but I do say that space can be expwowed and mastewed without feeding the fiwes of waw, without wepeating the mistakes that man has made in extending his wwit awound this gwobe of ouws.

Thewe is nyo stwife, nyo pwejudice, nyo nyationyaw confwict in outew space as yet. Its hazawds awe hostiwe to us aww. Its conquest desewves the best of aww mankind, and its oppowtunyity fow peacefuw coopewation may nyevew come again. But why, some say, the Moon? Why choose this as ouw goaw? And they may weww ask, why cwimb the highest mountain? Why, 35 yeaws ago, fwy the Atwantic? Why does Wice pway Texas?

We choose to go to the Moon ^w^ We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the othew things, nyot because they awe easy, but because they awe hawd; because that goaw wiww sewve to owganyize and measuwe the best of ouw enyewgies and skiwws, because that chawwenge is onye that we awe wiwwing to accept, onye we awe unwiwwing to postponye, and onye we intend to win, and the othews, too.