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Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, it is with a great sense of pride as an American and with humility as a human being that I say to you today what no men have been privileged to say before: We walk on the moon. But the footprints at Tranquility Base belong to more than the crew of Apollo Ⅱ. They were put there by hundreds of thousands of people across this country, people in the government, industry and universities, the teams and crews that preceded us, all who strived throughout the years with Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. Those footprints belong to the American people and you, the representatives, who accept and support, inevitable challenge of the moon. And, since we came in peace for all mankind those footprints belong also to all people of the world. As the moon shines impartially on all those looking up from our spinning earth so do we hope the benefits of space exploration will be spread equally with a harmonizing influence to all mankind. Scientific exploration implies investigating the unknown. The result can never be wholly anticipated. Charles Lindberg said, Scientific accomplishment is a path, not an end; | 
