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Apollo's Rocket Scientists

On May 25, 1961, six weeks after the Soviet Union took a commanding lead in the space race by sending Yuri Gagarin into Earth orbit, John F. Kennedy went before Congress in a nationally televised address and asked his country to "commit itself to... Full Article at MIT Technology Review

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