I think it gets LBJ's stamp. It was no coincidence that flight operations
were located in Texas. He also helped keep the Apollo program alive after
the fire, when a whole lot of influential people wanted it scrapped.

I think LBJ helped to keep it alive, but saw it largely as yet another
"make-work" Federal project for his home state.

It was Congress that voted the funds for Apollo, in part because of the
national resonance of the martyred JFK's "to the moon by the end of this
decade" speech.
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
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"Philip Sondericker" wrote in message
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in article , Montblack at
wrote on 11/15/03 9:44 PM:

("jim rosinski" wrote)

He started the space program.


He energized the space program...
He set a national goal for the space program...
He pushed for new funds for the space program ...
He reinvigorated the space program with imagination ...

Space program was already in place. Moon program gets Kennedy's stamp.

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