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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | On May 25, 1961, U.S. President | + | On May 25, 1961, U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave a speech before a joint session of Congress, in which he set as a goal for the American people the task of landing a man on the moon and returning him successfully to earth. Though Kennedy didn't live to see that goal become a reality - he was assassinated in 1963 - the ''Apollo 11'' space capsule landed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon in July, 1969. |
− | + | During that speech, Kennedy said the sentence that the comic is referring to, and the map provided shows that the vast majority of the regions he mentioned are actually in the Northern Hemisphere, despite Kennedy calling them "the whole southern half of the globe". | |
− | + | The title text refers to a [http://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/ricetalk.htm September 1962 speech] Kennedy gave at Rice University. One of the most famous quotes from that speech is, "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." Randall suggests that all of the arguments Kennedy made for going to the moon could also serve the cause of ''many'' different "innovations". | |
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− | The title text refers to a [http://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/ricetalk.htm September 1962 speech] Kennedy gave at Rice University. One of the most famous quotes from that speech is, "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." Randall suggests that all of the arguments Kennedy made for going to the moon could also serve the cause of ''many'' different "innovations" | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Okay, so I'm half a century late on this, but it's been bugging me: did JFK ''own'' a globe? | :Okay, so I'm half a century late on this, but it's been bugging me: did JFK ''own'' a globe? | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Politics]] | [[Category:Politics]] | ||
[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring John F. Kennedy]] | [[Category:Comics featuring John F. Kennedy]] | ||
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