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林登．詹森是美国副总统也是国家太空委员会的主席 (摄于1964年)
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副总统詹森奉命统整美国卫星计画：1961年6月24日
在副总统詹森的领导下，国家太空委员会 (National
Space Council) 建议美国太空总署 (National
Aeronautics and Space Administration，NASA) 要与所有和太空飞行有关之政府部门共同提出统合的政策协调计画。美国太空总署在詹森副总统的家乡，德州休士顿 (Houston) 设立了指挥与管制中心：载人太空船中心 (Manned
Spacecraft Center) ，现在称为詹森太空中心 (Johnson
Space Center) 。
美国的太空计画有两个主要的目标：第一，发展绕行地球的无人驾驶卫星系统，以提供电信服务；第二，发展载人与无人的太空探险任务。美国太空总署一直努力要完成两项目标，因而也让美国真正走向太空时代。
Under Vice President Johnson, the National Space Council recommended that National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) provide policy coordination with all government agencies involved in space flight. NASA established its command and control center, the Manned Spacecraft Center (now known as the Johnson Space Center), in Houston, in Johnson's home state of Texas.
The U.S. space program had two main goals: one, develop a system of unmanned satellites that would orbit the earth and provide global telecommunications; and two, pursue manned and unmanned space exploration. Working toward both goals, NASA truly launched the U.S. into the space age.
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