Symposium Subtitle
Penn State Dickinson Law Tri-Journal Symposium on Space Law
First Paragraph
Speaking at Rice University on September 12, 1962, President Kennedy announced his plan to put a man on the moon by 1970. He described the “breathtaking pace” of humanity’s scientific innovation and warned that “such a pace cannot help but create new ills as it dispels old, new ignorance, new problems, new dangers.” The President knew that confronting such terrible uncertainty might cause some countries “to rest, to wait.” But, he continued, waiting is not the American way.4 The “United States was not built by those who waited and rested and wished to look behind them. This country was conquered by those who moved forward—and so will space.”
Recommended Citation
Tatiana Sainati, Taking the Lex Mercatoria to Space, 17 Arb. L. Rev. 1 (2026).
Included in
Air and Space Law Commons, Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Commons, International Law Commons, International Trade Law Commons