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Saving the planet from short-termism will take man on the moon commitment
2013-10-20 14:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: "We choose to go to the moon." So said John F Kennedy in September 1962 as he pledged a manned lunar landing by the end of the decade. The US president knew that his country's space programme would be expensive. He knew it would have its critics, but he took the long-term view. Warming to his theme in Houston that day, JFK went on: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organise...
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