Etudes proposées sur les implications des activités spatiales pacifiques sur les affaires humaines

Rapport n° 242, préparé pour l'Administration Nationale de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace, Rapport du Comité sur la Science et l'Astronautique, Chambre des Représentants U.S., 87ème Congrès, 1ère Session, Série c - Committed to Comittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and Ordered to be printed

Lettre de transmission

Synthèse
1. Introduction : objectifs et méthodes
2. Commentaires sur l'organisation et les fonctions d'une capacité de recherche en sciences sociales de la NASA
3. Implications des systèmes de communications basés sur le satellite
4. Implications of a Space-Derived Weather Predicting System
5. Les implications de produits technologiques dérivés
6. Implications for Government Operations and Personnel Use
7. Implications for Space Industries
8. General Implications for International Affairs and Foreign Policy
9. Attitudes et valeurs
Corps du rapport
1. Introduction, Goals and Methods
  1. Genesis and Intentions
  2. Methodology and Philosophy
2. Comments on the Organization and Functions of
  1. NASA Social Science Research Capability
  2. Organization
  3. Functions To Be Performed by a Research Facility
  4. Operating Considerations
3. Implications of Satellite-Based Communications Systems
  1. Technological Characteristics and Their Implications
  2. Factors Affecting Application, Organization, and Control
  3. Uses and Implications
4. Implications of a Space-Derived Weather Predicting System
  1. Introduction
  2. Weather Control
  3. Probable Organizational Prerequisites for Applying Future Weather Observations Capabilities
  4. Weather Forecast Utilization Implications
5. The implications of Technological By-Products
  1. By-Product Uses
6. Implications for Government Operations and Personnel Use
  1. Manpower in Government Space Programs
  2. Problems of Coordination, Cooperation, and Competition Between Government Agencies
  3. Science Advisory Activities and Government Policy
7. Implications for Space Industries
  1. Corporate Response to Space Activities
  2. Industry and Government Relations
8. Implications générales pour les affaires internationales et la politique étrangère
  1. La politique spatiale et sa mise en oeuvre
  2. Research on Potential International Aspects of Space Technology and Science
  3. The Status of Space Programs in International Affairs
9. Attitudes et valeurs