pace Race</a> and fulfilled a national goal proposed in 1961 by the late U.S. President <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> in a speech before the United States Congress:</p>

		<blockquote>
			<p>[...] before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.</p>
		</blockquote>

		<h2>Technical details <a id="tech-details" name="tech-details"></a></h2>

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