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Old March 23rd 06, 09:35 PM posted to alt.battlestar-galactica,rec.arts.tv,rec.models.rockets,sci.space.history
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Bob wrote:

On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 13:14:28 -0500, "Robert J. Kolker"
wrote:


It was JFK who proposed the mission. NASA took him up on it.



You mean Congress authorized the funds...

Werner was talking about a manned landing back in the 1950s.


Without JFK's grand proposal Werner v. Braun would just be another ex
Nazi rocket scientist.

Bob Kolker