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JFK and the Moon Race

In 1963, JFK wanted to convert war machine for peaceful purposes and turn “Apollo” Moon Race into a global cooperative effort

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On September 20, 1963, President John F. Kennedy gave a speech at the United Nations that proposed converting the “moon race” to a cooperative venture with the Soviet Union. Imagine the puzzlement that potential alien life forms would experience if they ever come across the US flag planted on the moon. The symbols of the stars and stripes would be indecipherable to alien archeologists, a reason the astronauts should have left an Earth flag.

The change of approach on the moon race was part of a broader effort to turn off the Cold War, the reason JFK was removed from office. See James Douglass, "JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters" (Orbis Books, 2008), one of the few books that even mentions that this policy shift was contemplated and then forgotten once LBJ took over.

Two months later, President Kennedy was removed from office in a de facto coup d’etat, one of the greatest shocks in U.S. history. JFK promised to scatter the CIA into a thousand pieces and the CIA scattered JFK into a thousand pieces. This event was probably the most important turning point in our society -- but too important to mention in polite conversation.

President John F. Kennedy
September 20, 1963
Address to the United Nations

"Finally, in a field where the United States and the Soviet Union have a special capacity--in the field of space--there is room for new cooperation, for further joint efforts in the regulation and exploration of space. I include among these possibilities a joint expedition to the moon. Space offers no problems of sovereignty; by resolution of this Assembly, the members of the United Nations have foresworn any claim to territorial rights in outer space or on celestial bodies, and declared that international law and the United Nations Charter will apply. Why, therefore, should man's first flight to the moon be a matter of national competition? Why should the United States and the Soviet Union, in preparing for such expeditions, become involved in immense duplications of research, construction, and expenditure? Surely we should explore whether the scientists and astronauts of our two countries--indeed of all the world--cannot work together in the conquest of space, sending someday in this decade to the moon not the representatives of a single nation, but the representatives of all of our countries. ....

"Never before has man had such capacity to control his own environment, to end thirst and hunger, to conquer poverty and disease, to banish illiteracy and massive human misery. We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world--or to make it the last."

-- President John F. Kennedy, speech to the United Nations calling for an end to the Cold War and converting the Moon Race to an international cooperative effort, Sept 20, 1963, two months and two days before his removal from office.

 

www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives
/Reference+Desk/Speeches/JFK/003POF03_18thGeneralAssembly09201963.htm
text of the speech, and a link to an audio file of the entire speech

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFPnB52QqCY
a you tube post containing an excerpt from the speech

www.prouty.org/271.html

DRAFT OF NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 271
CONFIDENTIAL
November 12, 1963
NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 271
MEMORANDUM FOR
The Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
SUBJECT: Cooperation with the USSR on Outer Space Matters

I would like you to assume personally the initiative and central responsibility within the Government for the development of a program of substantive cooperation with the Soviet Union in the field of outer space, including the development of specific technical proposals. I assume that you will work closely with the Department of State and other agencies as appropriate.
These proposals should be developed with a view of their possible discussion with the Soviet Union as a direct outcome of my September 20 proposal for broader cooperation between the United States and the USSR in outer space, including cooperation in lunar landing programs. All proposals or suggestions originating within the Government relating to this general subject will be referred to you for your consideration and evaluation.
In addition to developing substantive proposals, I expect that you will assist the Secretary of State in exploring problems of procedure and timing connected with holding discussions with the Soviet Union and in proposing for my consideration the channels which would be most desirable from our point of view. In this connection the channel of contact developed by Dr. Dryden between NASA and the Soviet Academy of Sciences has been quite effective, and I believe that we should continue to utilize it as appropriate as a means of continuing the dialogue between the scientists of both counties.
I would like an interim report on the progress of our planning by December 15.
cc:
Mr. Bundy
Mr. Johnson
NSC Files

Information copies to: Chairman, National Aeronautics and Space Council
Secretary of State
Secretary of Defense
Director of Central Intelligence
Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Director, National Science Foundation
Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology
Director, Bureau of the Budget
Director, U.S. Information Agency

www.prouty.org/271a.html
Commentary on NSAM #271 and NASA by Nathan Gant

www.prouty.org/271b.html
From The New York Times, 29 Sept 1963, pg. L22:
SOVIET AIDE BACKS JOINT MOON PLAN
But Astronaut Chief Says It Would 'Take Time'