Open the way to the moon and we could have hoped for. Five years ago, Gemini had demonstrated the feasibility of almost everything we plan to do in Apollo except land softly on the moon and return safely through the Earth's atmosphere at 25,000 miles an hour. 

Saturn 5 is required to inject Apollo into the atmosphere at such speed. My surveyor has demonstrated techniques for a soft landing on the moon and for effective operation from the lunar surface. Most important of all, we're amassing a great wealth. Of operating experience and operating skills. It would be difficult to overstate what it means. The American space effort to be starting the Apollo program with Gemini experience already available to us.