An alternative to the moon.

Instead of the moon landing,which else main goal for the Us space program could be c


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Instead of the moon landing,which else main goal for the Us space program could be chosen by JFK or another alternate President "before the end of the decade"?

1-A permanent space station for US and western allied Astronauts.

2-A fully reusable manned space vehicle for Low Earth Orbit (possibly winged).
 
Instead of the moon landing,which else main goal for the Us space program could be chosen by JFK or another alternate President "before the end of the decade"?

1-A permanent space station for US and western allied Astronauts.

2-A fully reusable manned space vehicle for Low Earth Orbit (possibly winged).

A space station is definitely well within the realm of Apollo, and though it may not be as politicalley exciting, in the long term it makes a much better goal than a mon landing. As for a spaceplane, I highly doubt anyone saw a fully reusable spaceplane as a goal that could be accomplished in the next thirty years, let alone ten. (And they would've been right)
 
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