AdvertisementHow space exploration has changed, 60 years since JFK's 'We Choose the Moon' speechSeptember 12, 2022Dustin JonesfacebookEmailSixty years ago, President John F. Kennedy delivered an address at Rice University to inspire Americans to support NASA's mission to the moon. In what became known as his "We Choose the Moon" speech, Kennedy promised to put an American astronaut on the moon before the end of the 1960s. (AP)