| 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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THE PRACTICAL VALUES OF SPACE EXPLORATION

INTRODUCTION

This report has been undertaken for a special reason. It is to explain
to the taxpayer just why so many of his dollars are going into the
American effort to explore space, and to indicate what he can expect in
return which is of value to him.

Such an explanation, even after 2 years of relatively high-geared
activity in the space exploration field, appears to be warranted. There
is still a segment of the U.S. population which has little, if any,
notion of the values that the space program has for the average citizen.
To these people the expenditure of billions of dollars on missiles,
rockets, satellites, Moon probes, and other space activities remains
something of a mystery--particularly when so many other worthy projects
throughout the land may be slowed or stalled for lack of funds.

If, therefore, the practical value of the American space program is