...and do the other things...

[dvandom]

JFK was famously quoted as saying, "We choose to go to the moon, and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." But no one talks about the other things. Here's a quote from right before the famous one, taken from WikiSource:

But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas?

Note that the speech was given at Rice. So...how's Rice doing against Texas lately?