But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well
ask why climb the highest mountain. Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? [...]
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 which we intend to win, and the others, too.
John F Kennedy announcing U.S. intention to land men on the moon