Preview
Publisher
Grand Forks Herald
Identification #
OGLMC 390
Creation Date
11-3-1963
Description
Cartoon depicts President John F. Kennedy pouring money into the "U.S. Moon Shot Project," even while Nikita Khrushchev kicks his missile in disgust saying "We Quit!" The United States program to send a man to the moon continues following the announcement that the Soviet Union has pulled out of the moon race.
Subject
Cartoons (Commentary); Political cartoons
Places Depicted
Soviet Union; Outer space; Moon; United States
People Depicted
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) 1917-1963; Krushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971
Rights
Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota
Keywords
John F. Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Union, United States, Space, Moon Race, NASA, Presidents, Manned space flight, Space shuttles, Nuclear weapons, Space flight to the moon, Political science, Rockets (Aeronautics)