The Decision to Go to the Moon
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The Decision to Go to the Moon is a historical study examining how and why the United States chose to pursue the Apollo lunar landing program in the 1960s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Decision to Go to the Moon canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7979450 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Decision to Go to the Moon Context triple: [John Logsdon, notableWork, The Decision to Go to the Moon]
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A.
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journeys
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journeys is a memoir by Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, recounting his experiences in NASA’s Gemini and Apollo programs and offering an introspective look at human spaceflight.
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B.
Venture to the Moon
"Venture to the Moon" is a science fiction work by Arthur C. Clarke that follows a pioneering mission and early human adventures in lunar exploration.
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C.
The Long Journey Home from the Moon
The Long Journey Home from the Moon is the subtitle of Buzz Aldrin’s memoir "Magnificent Desolation," which recounts his post-Apollo 11 struggles and life after returning from the lunar mission.
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D.
The Conquest of Space and the Stature of Man
"The Conquest of Space and the Stature of Man" is an essay by political theorist Hannah Arendt that reflects on how modern space exploration and technological power transform humanity’s self-understanding and place in the universe.
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E.
Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon
Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon is a 2014 space-themed concept album by Kid Cudi that bridges his "Man on the Moon" series with "Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Decision to Go to the Moon Target entity description: The Decision to Go to the Moon is a historical study examining how and why the United States chose to pursue the Apollo lunar landing program in the 1960s.
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A.
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journeys
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journeys is a memoir by Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, recounting his experiences in NASA’s Gemini and Apollo programs and offering an introspective look at human spaceflight.
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B.
Venture to the Moon
"Venture to the Moon" is a science fiction work by Arthur C. Clarke that follows a pioneering mission and early human adventures in lunar exploration.
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C.
The Long Journey Home from the Moon
The Long Journey Home from the Moon is the subtitle of Buzz Aldrin’s memoir "Magnificent Desolation," which recounts his post-Apollo 11 struggles and life after returning from the lunar mission.
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D.
The Conquest of Space and the Stature of Man
"The Conquest of Space and the Stature of Man" is an essay by political theorist Hannah Arendt that reflects on how modern space exploration and technological power transform humanity’s self-understanding and place in the universe.
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E.
Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon
Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon is a 2014 space-themed concept album by Kid Cudi that bridges his "Man on the Moon" series with "Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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historical study ⓘ |
| aboutEvent |
U.S. commitment to land humans on the Moon and return them safely to Earth
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formulation of the Apollo lunar landing goal ⓘ |
| analyzes |
how the United States chose to pursue a lunar landing
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why the United States committed to the Apollo lunar landing program ⓘ |
| countryOfFocus |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| examines |
interplay of politics, technology, and national prestige in U.S. space policy
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policy-making process for the Apollo lunar landing program ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
historical context of the 1960s space race
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political factors behind the Apollo program ⓘ strategic considerations of the lunar landing decision ⓘ |
| genre |
political history
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space history ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Apollo program policy origins
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U.S. space policy in the 1960s ⓘ United States decision to pursue the Apollo lunar landing program ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Apollo program
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Cold War ⓘ NASA ⓘ space race ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| title | The Decision to Go to the Moon ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Decision to Go to the Moon Description of subject: The Decision to Go to the Moon is a historical study examining how and why the United States chose to pursue the Apollo lunar landing program in the 1960s.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
After Apollo? Richard Nixon and the American Space Program
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relatedWork
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The Decision to Go to the Moon
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