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The Practical Values of Space Exploration Report of the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, Eighty-Sixth Congress, Second Session
THE PRACTICAL VALUES OF
SPACE EXPLORATION
REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND ASTRONAUTICS
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
EIGHTY-SIXTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION
PURSUANT TO
H. Res. 133
[Serial I]
July 5, 1960.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
58231° WASHINGTON: 1960
COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND ASTRONAUTICS
| OVERTON BROOKS, Louisiana, Chairman |
| John W. McCormack, Massachusetts |
| George P. Miller, California |
| Olin E. Teague, Texas |
| Victor L. Anfuso, New York |
| B. F. Sisk, California |
| Erwin Mitchell, Georgia |
| James M. Quigley, Pennsylvania |
| Leonard G. Wolf, Iowa |
| Joseph E. Karth, Minnesota |
| Ken Hechler, West Virginia |
| Emilio Q. Daddario, Connecticut |
| Walter H. Moeller, Ohio |
| David S. King, Utah |
| J. Edward Roush, Indiana |
| Thomas G. Morris, New Mexico |
| Joseph W. Martin, Jr. Massachusetts |
| James G. Fulton, Pennsylvania |
| Gordon L. McDonough, California |
| J. Edgar Chenoweth, Colorado |
| Frank C. Osmers, Jr. New Jersey |
| William K. Van Pelt, Wisconsin |
| A. D. Baumhart, Jr. Ohio |
| Perkins Bass, New Hampshire |
| R. Walter Riehlman, New York |
| Charles F. Ducander, Executive Director and Chief Counsel |
| Dr. Charles S. Sheldon II, Technical Director |
| Spencer M. Beresford, Special Counsel |
| Philip B. Yeager, Special Consultant |
| John A. Carstarphen, Jr., Chief Clerk |
| Frank R. Hammill, Jr., Counsel |
| Raymond Wilcove, Staff Consultant |
| Richard P. Hines, Staff Consultant |
| Lt. Col. Francis J. Dillon, Jr., Staff Consultant |
| Comdr. Howard J. Silberstein, Staff Consultant |
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
Hon. Overton Brooks,
Chairman, Committee on Science and Astronautics.Dear Mr. Chairman: I am forwarding herewith for your consideration a staff study, "The Practical Values of Space Exploration."
This study was undertaken pursuant to your request for information covering the various utilities of the national space effort. The study has been prepared by Philip B. Yeager and reviewed by other members of the professional staff.
LETTER OF SUBMITTAL
Hon. Sam Rayburn,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, D.C.Dear Mr. Speaker: By direction of the Committee on Science and Astronautics, I submit the following report on "The Practical Values of Space Exploration" for the consideration of the 86th Congress.
CONTENTS
| Introduction | 1 |
| 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 |