In 1961, President John F. Kennedy delivered a speech to Congress calling for the country to "commit itself ... to landing a man on the moon," a goal achieved by the end of the decade. Ira Flatow and guests discuss the beginning and legacy of the Apollo missions to the Moon. John M. Logsdon, author: "John F. Kennedy and The Race to The Moon" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010), professor emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs, Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Nicholas de Monchaux, author: "Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo" (MIT Press, 2011), assistant professor of Architecture and Urban Design, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, Calif.
1961年，约翰·F·肯尼迪总统在国会发表演讲，呼吁美国“致力于……实现人类登月”，这一目标在本世纪末实现。艾拉·弗拉托和来宾们讨论了阿波罗登月计划的开始和遗留问题。约翰·M·罗格斯顿，《约翰·F·肯尼迪与登月计划》（帕尔格雷夫·麦克米伦出版社，2010年)作者，哥伦比亚特区华盛顿乔治华盛顿大学埃利奥特国际事务学院政治学和国际事务荣誉退休教授。《太空服：塑造阿波罗》（麻省理工学院出版社， 2011年）作者，加州大学伯克利分校建筑与城市设计助理教授。