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.
U.S. Government Printing office: 1969. Softcover, staple bound. Octavo, 54 pp., black and white illustrations. "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"
Published right in the middle of the NASA Mercury Program (1958-1963): first of three manned spaceflight initiatives at the start of the modern space age. Fine. Item #684
Price: $30.00
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