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Old March 23rd 06, 08:38 PM posted to alt.battlestar-galactica,rec.arts.tv,rec.models.rockets,sci.space.history
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President Kennedy proposed the project to the nation in May of 1961.
Had he not done that, there would have been no moon landings.


The project had been proposed in the fifties.



http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4214/ch1-3.html

"...in mid-1960 NASA announced its intention to award contracts to
study the feasibility of a manned lunar mission. The project even had
a name: Apollo. On October 25, study contracts were let to three
aerospace firms.12

NASA might conduct studies to show that man could go to the moon, and
scientists might argue that manned space flight was of doubtful value,
but Congress and the president would have to make the commitment, and
the decisive stimulus was still lacking."


And you might look up the words "initiate" and "commit" in an effort to
understand what they actually mean, but I doubt that you will. You're
posting links that indicate you're wrong and you're not even aware of it.