They were going to the moon, all right - at least that was the plan. That was the dream and the challenge set forth by one man, President John F. Kennedy, when he declared in May of 1961:
"I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth."
-Team Moon: How 400,000 People
Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon,
Catherine Thimmesh
How does the authors choice of words express the tone?
