<prompt> Ubani owaba owokuqala okukhulunywa ngaye owathola umklomelo? Njengoba kunikezwe umbuzo odlule, bhala umongo onempendulo yawo. Kungaba imisho engu-1 kuya kwengu-20. Umongo:  <response>: Ngo-July 1960, iSekela Lomqondisi we-NASA uHugh L. Dryden wamemezela uhlelo lwe-Apollo kubamele imboni ochungechungeni lwezingqungquthela ze-Space Task Group. Ukucaciswa kokuqala kwabekelwa umkhumbi wesikhala onekhabhathi yemodyuli yomsebenzi ehlukile kumodyuli yokulawula ikhabhinethi yokushayela nokubuyela emuva, kanye nemodyuli yokuhambisa nemishini. Ngo - August 30, kwamenyezelwa umncintiswano wokuhlola ukuthi kungenzeka yini, kwathi ngo - October 25, kwanikezwa izinkontileka ezintathu zokuhlola i - General DynamicsConvair, i - General Electric, ne - Glenn L. Martin Company. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, i-NASA yenza izifundo zayo zokwakha izikebhe zasemkhathini eziholwa uMaxime Faget, ukuze zisebenze njengendlela yokwahlulela nokuqapha imiklamo yezimboni ezintathu. 