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

House of Representatives,
Committee on Science and Astronautics,
Washington, D.C., July 1, 1960.

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.

Charles F. Ducander,
Executive Director and Chief Counsel.


LETTER OF SUBMITTAL

House of Representatives,
Committee on Science and Astronautics,
Washington, D.C., July 5, 1960.

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.

Overton Brooks, Chairman.

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]