Science and Engineering Doctorates 



N 



u 



M 

 B 

 E 

 R 



O 



F 



President Initiates 



Apollo Program 



May 1961 



Apollo 17 



"Last Man on the Moon" 



December 1972 



Students' choice of science and engineering careers is clearly 

 related to the technological challenges on our national agenda, 

 as this chart showing the history of the space program 

 indicates. 



Source: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 



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