hi, kann mir jmd das Zitat von J.F.Kennedy „Why does Rice play Texas?“ erklären?
Hallo,
kann mir jmd das Zitat von J.F.Kennedy „Why does Rice play
Texas?“ erklären?
mit „Rice“ und „Texas“ sind hier Footballteams gemeint: die relativ unbedeutenden Rice Owls von der kleinen Universität Rice und die ihnen weit überlegenen Texas Longhorns. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_Owls_football#Texas
In der Rede geht es um den Flug zum Mond, und Kennedy versucht zu erklären, warum man sich zu einem so schwierigen, nahezu aussichtslos erscheinenden Unternehmen entschloss:
_But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas?
We choose to go to the moon. 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, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.
It is for these reasons that I regard the decision last year to shift our efforts in space from low to high gear as among the most important decisions that will be made during my incumbency in the office of the Presidency._
http://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/ricetalk.htm
Die Übersetzung der Rede findest Du auf http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/Historic-Speeches/Mult…
Gruß
Kreszenz