I. The unseen values 3
Some examples of the unexpected 3
The ultimate values 5
Steering a middle road 6
The time for space 7
II. National security values 9
The military uses 9
Our position in the international community 12
Space as a substitute for war 15
III. The economic values 17
U.S. expenditures on space 17
The spread of economic benefits 18
Creation of new industries 19
Research 19
New power sources 20
New water sources and uses 21
Noise and human engineering 22
High speed-light weight computers 22
Solid state physics 23
Economic alliances 24
Private enterprise in space 24
Jobs 27
Automation and disarmament 28
IV. Values for everyday living 31
Technological benefits 31
Food and agriculture 35
Communications 36
Weather prediction and modification 37
Health benefits 39
Education benefits 42
The demand 42
V. Long-range values 45
Trouble spots 45
Population 45
Water shortage 46
Soil erosion 46
Added leisure 47
Intensified nationalism 48
Limitations on space research 48
Fundamental knowledge about life 51
Psychological and spiritual values 52
Maturing of the race 53
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| 86TH CONGRESS |
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| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| REPORT |
| NO. 2091 |
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|THE PRACTICAL VALUES OF SPACE EXPLORATION |
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|JULY 5, 1960.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on|
|the State of the Union and ordered to be printed |
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|Mr. BROOKS of Louisiana, from the Committee on Science and |
|Astronautics, submitted the following |
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| REPORT |
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| [Pursuant to H. Res. 133] |
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