▁in ▁July ▁ 1 9 6 2 . ▁The ▁decision ▁was ▁officially ▁announced ▁at ▁a ▁press ▁conference ▁on ▁July ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 1 9 6 2 . ▁President ▁Kennedy ' s ▁science ▁advis er , ▁Jer ome ▁Wies ner , ▁remained ▁firm ly ▁opposed ▁to ▁L OR . ▁ ▁Other ▁plans ▁using ▁L OR ▁ ▁The ▁proposed ▁Soviet ▁L un ar ▁Land ing ▁plan , ▁using ▁the ▁N 1 ▁ro cket , ▁L K ▁Land er ▁and ▁So y uz ▁ 7 K - LO K ▁would ▁have ▁used ▁a ▁similar ▁L OR ▁mission ▁profile . ▁The ▁can ce led ▁Const ell ation ▁program ▁L un ar ▁Land ing ▁would ▁have ▁used ▁a ▁combination ▁of ▁Earth ▁Or bit ▁R ende z vous ▁and ▁L un ar ▁R ende z vous . ▁A ▁robot ic ▁lun ar ▁orbit ▁rende z vous ▁is ▁planned ▁for ▁use ▁by ▁the ▁Chinese ▁Ch ang ' e ▁ 5 ▁lun ar ▁sample ▁return ▁mission ▁scheduled ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 9 . ▁ ▁In ▁popular ▁culture ▁E pisode ▁ 5 ▁of ▁the ▁television ▁min is eries ▁From ▁the ▁Earth ▁to ▁the ▁Moon , ▁" Sp ider ", ▁dram at izes ▁John ▁Hou bol t ' s ▁first ▁attempt ▁to ▁conv ince ▁NASA ▁to ▁adopt ▁L OR ▁for ▁the ▁Apol lo ▁Program ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 1 , ▁and ▁traces ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁L M ▁up ▁to ▁its ▁first ▁cre wed ▁test ▁flight , ▁Apol lo ▁ 9 , ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 9 .