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In the blazing sun, JFK sets sites on moon

45,000 people are in the stands at Rice University Stadium. 46 pass out from the heat. It’s summer in Houston, y’all. The school’s marching band performs, but the crowd is here for JFK, and he’s got one thing on his mind: the Moon. The space race is in full effect. America will not come in last.

In the blazing sun, JFK sets sites on moon

1962

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