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The Space Age And Audiovisual Materials
by Kenneth B. Hobbs
JL HE National Aeronautics and Space Administration is responsive to the National Aeronautics and Space Act of July 29, 1958, which charged NASA with providing for the widest practicable and appropriate dissemination of information concerning space exploration activities and results. NASA carries out this charge by ensuring that educators, students, and the general public are provided with suitable and adequate educational information and services in the realm of the peaceful utilization of space.
As the pre-eminent public scientific and technical agency in this area, NASA must make certain that from its unique resources there will be a constant and useful flow of information which will help non-scientific citizens to understand the results of the Agency's
space-oriented activities and to cope effectively with the problems of the Space Age. At the same time, NASA also must assist educational institutions and professional organizations to keep pace with fast moving space developments and to assist in the adequate preparation of scientists and technicians to satisfy the growing demands for such talent in order to meet the needs of the nation in its program of space exploration.
According to Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, deputy administrator of the Agency, "The impact of space explora
Kenneth B. Hobbs is a specialist in educational television and radio in the Office of Educational Programs and Services of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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Educational Screen and Audiovisual Guide — July. 1962