Sep 25 1961
From The Space Library
In a stirring address to the Assembly of the United Nations meeting in New York, President John F. Kennedy called for "world law in the age of self determination" rather than a "world war in the age of mass extermination." Among basic proposals for waging effective peace, he urged "keeping nuclear weapons from seeding new battlegrounds in outer space." In projecting the theme that "the events and decisions of the next 10 months may well decide the fate of man of the next 10,000 years," President Kennedy spoke of the impact of space exploration as follows: "As we extend the rule of law on Earth, so must we also extend it to man's new domain—outer space.
"All of us salute the brave cosmonauts of the Soviet Union. The new horizons of outer space must not be driven by the old bitter concepts of imperialism and sovereign claims. The cold reaches of the universe must not become the new arena of an even colder war.
"To this end, we shall urge proposals extending the United Nations Charter to the limits of man's exploration in the universe, reserving outer space for peaceful use, prohibiting weapons of mass destruction in space or on celestial bodies, and opening the mysteries and benefits of space to every nation."
Dr. George N. Constan of Marshall Space Flight Center named as acting manager of the new NASA Saturn fabrication plant near New Orleans by Director von Braun of Marshall Space Flight Center.
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