DID HOU KNOW? On September 12, 1962, President John F. Kennedy stood at Rice Stadium under the Houston sun and delivered a speech that changed history. He proclaimed a bold vision stating, “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,” and further ignited the space race with Houston on the map as the heart of America’s lunar dreams. JFK’s words inspired a generation and led to the creation of NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Ce