Essential Question Response #6

For this essential question response, I couldn't think of anything to address my original essential question, which was "What is the responsibility of a human being?" So for this response, I'm picking a new essential question to respond to (at least for now). My new essential question is:
Can determination allow you to accomplish anything?

50 years ago, the idea of space travel was classified as a demented scientist's fantasy. No one at the time ever believed it even possible to travel outside of this world. However, on May 25, 1961, President Kennedy said "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth." This challenge was unimaginably difficult; travel to the moon and back, something that had never been accomplished, and in less than a decade? But despite the obvious difficulties his challenge held, the nation joined together and on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong was sent to the moon. At the time, Kennedy's challenge seemed impossible. But because of his drive and determination, we accomplished his astronomical goal, proving that determination can allow some of the wildest dreams to come true.