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 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]

86th Congress
2d Session		HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESReport
No. 2091

THE PRACTICAL VALUES OF SPACE EXPLORATION

July 5, 1960.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Mr. Brooks of Louisiana, from the Committee on Science and Astronautics, submitted the following

REPORT

[Pursuant to H. Res. 133]

86th Congress
2d Session		HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESReport
No. 2091