让我们在苏联人之前飞上月球

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概述： 美国人探访月球之路。
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Dwight Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Sputnik One
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Moon
John F. Kennedy
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本期材料发音模仿地址：http://bulo.hujiang.com/menu/11885/item/801904/55 years ago, on July 29th, 1958, President Dwight Eisenhower signed a law that created the American space agency. Eight months earlier, the Soviet Union had launched Sputnik One, the first man-made Earth satellite. Many American officials feared the country would lose the space race to the Russians, and they refused to let that happen.
The new space agency was called the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It soon became known simply as NASA.
NASA soon began planning for a project to send an American to the Moon, and return him safely to Earth.
That goal would be stated by President John F. Kennedy.
"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."
Although President Kennedy did not live to see it, two American astronauts did land on the Moon and returned safely to Earth in 1969.
"For the eyes of the world now look into space, to the Moon and to the planets beyond."55年前，也就是1958年的7月29日，德怀特·艾森豪威尔总统签署了一项法案，正式宣告美国宇航局成立。而在8个月之前，苏联成功发射了第一颗人造地球卫星斯普特尼克一号，这让许多美国官员深感恐慌，唯恐将在太空竞赛中败给苏联，他们也决计不会让这种情况发生。
新成立的宇航局名叫美国国家航空和航天局，此后以NASA的简称而广为人知。
NASA很快就开始筹划载美国人登月并返航的计划。
该计划是约翰·F·肯尼迪总统正式发表的。
“我们将在十年内登上月球，还要做好其他的一些事，这绝不是因为这些事情很容易，正相反，是因为它们很难！”
1969年，两名美国宇航员成功登月并安全返航，可是肯尼迪总统却并未活到能见证这一壮举的那天。
“人类的视野已经延伸到了太空，延伸到了月球，也延伸到了更远的星球！”