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PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENTS
"...The Congress hereby declares that it is the policy of the United States that activities in space should be devoted to peaceful purposes for the benefit of all mankind..."
National Aeronautics and Space
Act of 1958
Signed by President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
July 29, 1958
"...We go into space because whatever mankind must undertake, free man must fully share. ...I believe that this Nation should commit itself to achieving the goal before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth. No single space project in this period will be more exciting, or more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space: and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish...."
President John F. Kennedy
May 25, 1961
"...We expect to explore the moon, not just visit it or photograph it. We plan to explore and chart planets as well. We shall expand our earth laboratories into space laboratories and extend our national strength into the space dimension. The purpose of the American people -- expressed in the earliest days of the Space Age -- remains unchanged and unwavering. We are determined that space shall be an avenue toward peace and we both invite and welcome all men to join with us in this great opportunity..."
President Lyndon B. Johnson
January 27, 1965
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