It was not certain that it could be done no matter how much money was spent on the project- there were a lot of technical problems that had not been solved.
People argued that it would a lot cheaper to send a robot with a TV camera and just as much useful scientific information would be obtained with unmanned space craft.
a potential federal budget deficit
Yes he was.
Technology stood in the way. The technology just wasn't there to use and it will take another 6 years before it was developed.
John F. Kennedy
Armstrong went to the Moon in 1969
President Kennedy
It was president John Kennedy who started the moon race.
president Kennedy
President Kennedy sponsored him to go to the moon, and he agreed.
John F. Kennedy
John F Kennedy
No US presidents have been in space or on the moon. LBJ was president in 1969 when Armstrong landed on the moon.
John F. Kennedy served as President of the United States between January 20, 1961 and November 22, 1963. No man landed on the moon until July 20, 1969 - therefore, nobody visited the moon while Kennedy was President.