Walk Away - Axero/Jimmy Magardeau

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

Because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies

And skills

Because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept one

We are unwilling to postpone

And one which we intend to win

240 000 miles away from the control station in Houston

A giant rocket more than 300 feet tall

The length of this football field

Made of new metal alloys

Some of which have not yet been invented

Capable of standing heat and stresses several times more than have ever been experienced

Fitted together with a precision better than the finest watch

Carrying all the equipment needed for propulsion guidance control communications food and survival

On an untried mission

To an unknown celestial body

And then return it safely to earth

Re-entering the atmosphere at speeds of ov