Almost every politician refers to Kennedy's moon shot when trying to frame a big and important initiative. I heard at least six candidates compare their plan for energy independence to Kennedy's famous declaration that America would put a man on the moon. So what did Kennedy refer to though when he wanted to make the same point? The Grand Coulee dam.
From the 1960 debate:
"Here in the United States, which developed the Tennessee Valley and which built the Grand Coulee and the other dams in the Northwest United States at the present rate of hydropower production - and that is the hallmark of an industrialized society - the Soviet Union by 1975 will be producing more power than we are."
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