Moon Outline
Long and Short Term Causes of Moon Landing
i. Establish Lunar Base - Wernher von Braun idea
ii. Moon exploration program started during Eienhower era
iii. Soviet success with Yuri Gagarin being put into space caused Kennedy to search for program to catch Americas imagination
iv. Kennedy asked his vice president Lyndon Johnson to come up with such a plan.
v. As Johnson was from Texas he proposed space idea because NASA base in Houston and would provide economically for them.
vi. Kennedy said during 1960 election there was disparity in missiles between US and USSR from previous administration (opposite true).
vii. This declaration made Kennedy beat Nixon in election
viii. He ensured continuing funding, shielding space spending from the 1963 tax cut and diverting money from other NASA projects.
ix. Apollo program allowed dual-use technology between military and space
x. "Everything we do ought to really be tied in to getting on to the moon ahead of the Russians [...]......
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