Location
Daytona Beach, Florida
Start Date
27-10-1962 9:00 AM
End Date
27-10-1962 12:00 PM
Description
In studying the theme of your conference, I was struck by two things. One was its euphony --- "The Challenging Pace of the Race to Space". The other was the arrangement of words or, more specifically, use of the descriptive term "race" and the position of the adjective "challenging".
"Race" has connotations of active competition between spirited contestants over a measured course. Compounded breakthroughs resemble Leacock's legendary horseman who mounted his steed and rode off in all directions simultaneously. This is almost -literally what has happened. Findings in one field have been applied to others with the result that the world as we knew it only a few short years ago is vastly different from the world of today.
Key Address on Education in the Space Age
Daytona Beach, Florida
In studying the theme of your conference, I was struck by two things. One was its euphony --- "The Challenging Pace of the Race to Space". The other was the arrangement of words or, more specifically, use of the descriptive term "race" and the position of the adjective "challenging".
"Race" has connotations of active competition between spirited contestants over a measured course. Compounded breakthroughs resemble Leacock's legendary horseman who mounted his steed and rode off in all directions simultaneously. This is almost -literally what has happened. Findings in one field have been applied to others with the result that the world as we knew it only a few short years ago is vastly different from the world of today.
