Post-Apollo Policy: A Look into the 1970s

Abstract

Although it is by no means the highest-priority item on President Nixon’s agenda, the post-Apollo future of the U.S. space program, debated fitfully in and out of government circles for many months now, is beginning to get some of the administration’s attention. If the presently discernible policy trends mature into action, the 1970s could be a decade of space applications, with the emphasis more on societal benefits and less on spectacular achievements geared to prestige.