engines now throttling down as endeavor passes through the area of massive 50 years ago, we celebrated just a few weeks ago, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight. the bold statement to go to the moon within the decade, and that was within nine years, and that was announced just three weeks later. i remember when years ago i was a young congressman, i was still on the floor of the house and salamiaker, tip o neill, and motioned me over to sit down with him. saw me and motioned me over to sit down with him. he knew might participation in the space program and says, billy, let me tell you, he said, one of the times i was a young congressman from boston and i was down at the white house, and he said, and i had never seen president kennedy so nervous. he said, he was just pacing back and forth like a cat on a hot tin roof. i called over some of his white house aides and said, what is wrong with the president? and they explain to tip that we were getti