John F Kennedy - WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THE MOON - 1962

See an animation of the liftoff:
http://www.wechoosethemoon.org/
On a very hot late summer's day in 1962, President Kennedy visited Rice University in Houston, Texas, and gave this speech outdoors in the football stadium. The President spoke in philosophical terms about the need to solve the mysteries of space, reaffirmed America's commitment to landing a man on the moon before the end of the 1960s and also defended the enormous expense of the space program.