Word: moone
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Thursday morning press conference, the President reflected the results of his scientific-military session. As far as the U.S. is concerned, he said, the quest for man's moon has never been "considered as a race.'' It was "merely an engagement on our part to put up a vehicle of this kind." The achievement would be in terms of knowledge about "temperatures, radiation, ionization, pressures." To be sure, the Russian satellite meant possession "of a very powerful thrust in their rocketry, and that is important." But this, in current terms, was militarily meaningless...
...keynote to the President's press conference was his insistence that the satellite is a scientific, not a defense, instrument (see box, opposite). On that basis, the U.S. was already committed to putting some $110 million into a U.S. moon. But basic missile research and development would continue to get priority over satellite work in U.S. defense spending. It was in this sense that President Eisenhower said flatly: "So far as the satellite itself is concerned, that does not raise my apprehensions, not one iota...
Despite the President's attempt to throw a damp blanket over discussion of the Soviet feat, scientists, defense experts, and legislators have not hidden their concern. To them, the man-made moon is a signal for reappraisal of American defense structure and scientific ability...
Nixon said, "we could make a no greater mistake than to brush off this event as a scientific stunt of more significance to the man in the moon than to men on earth." This was Nixon's first public comment on the satellite...
...Rising of the Moon is greater than any of the three parts. Each part has its deficiencies, but they are obscured by the artistry of the whole. Many stories and plays by Synge and by the post-revolutionary generation of Irish writers would well be adapted for the screen. One hopes that Ford will attempt another trilogy soon...