November 19, 2016 The first of these factors is the compelling urge of man to explore and to discover, the thrust of curiosity that leads men to try to go where no one has gone before. Most of the surface of the earth has now been explored and men now turn to the exploration of outer space as their next objective. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/02/to-boldly-go-where-no-one-has-gone-before-is-thought-to-have-been-inspired-by-a-line-from-a-white-house-pamphlet-on-space/