Number of manned orbital launches by year, 1961-2022Submitted by firefly-metaverse t3_10oayad in space
corsairealgerien t1_j6fianl wrote
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I recall reading, or maybe hearing on a podcast, somewhere that NASA top branch were not aware before JFK announced it and learned about it from his speech - but I've not been able to find anything corroborating that anywhere I searched. I'm sure I read it somewhere and did not dream it.
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