What did JFK mean by "and do the other things" in his "Moon" speech?

by dmacarro

"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"

What are these other things he is talking about?

lowspeedlowdrag

Have you read or seen the speech?

"But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas? We choose to go to the moon. 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..."

Searocksandtrees

hi! check out responses to these earlier posts