"...I believe 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 the Earth."
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The Donald is being asked the wrong questions, "How are you going to get Mexico to pay for the wall... How are you going to deport millions of illegal immigrants [Fusion Media Network] ... Are you really going to deport the parents of anchor babies ... How are you going to bring jobs back from China... How are you going to replace Obamacare [Forbes] ...

Obama has proven that a bad President, an incompetent buffoon who doesn't understand business can nearly destroy a country. Trump, when elected, will show how a President who is pro-business can make America great again.

I was 12 years old when I first saw Sputnik rolling across the dusky sky like a tiny effervescent bowling ball (it appeared to be a bit larger in size than a typical star). I remember the conversations among adults about how frightened and shocked they were that it was the Russians that launched the first satellite into space. I should mention that although the tiny satellite was officially called Sputnik 1, I only recollect it being called Sputnik by the average person.

Four years later, on 12 April 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space - a very devastating and embarrassing blow to American pride.

We had to do something, anything, so a month and a half later, on 25 May 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced to a Joint Session of Congress the decision to send an American safely to the Moon and back before the end of the decade. If he were Donald Trump making that announcement in 1961, the Huffington Post, Salon magazine, CNN, and all other left-wing journalists would have been mocking him. How are you going to do it? What is your detailed plan? Are you going to use rockets? What kind of fuel will you be using? How will you accelerate the rocket to escape velocity? Do you realize how big a rocket you will need? The metal alloys needed to withstand the heat and stress haven't been invented yet, what metal alloys are you going to use? Who will design the software for propulsion, guidance, control, and communications? How will they eat food in zero-gravity, how will they poop? What kind of fabric will the space suits be made of? We barely have the capability to put someone in sub-orbital space, let alone into orbit, let alone going all the way to the Moon, and back!!! Are you seriously off your rocker?

Success Depends on Will not Strategy

The truth is, these were not the right questions. The details were not important. The only important factor in reaching the Moon was our will to do so. We are goddamn f*ckin America and we can achieve anything if only we have the will to do so and if defeatists and obstructionists will just get the f*ck out of our way.