A compilation (highlight reel) of the endeavors of the NASA program from 1959-1983 : JFK Speech MS President JOHN F. KENNEDY speaking about the space program at Rice University, announcing America s intention to land on the moon by the end of the 1960s: "We choose to go to the moon in the decade not b/c they are easy but b/c they are hard. B/c that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills. B/c that challenge is one that we re willing to accept and one we intend to win."