In the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which established the agency in 1958, the first objective of the agency was listed as "the expansion of human knowledge of the earth and of phenomena in the atmosphere and space".
The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, which established the agency, claimed as its first objective "the expansion of human knowledge of phenomena in the atmosphere and space".
The legislation that created it speaks of the expansion of human knowledge of the atmosphere and space, and the improvement of the usefulness and performance of aeronautical and space vehicles.
Its original declaration of purpose, from 1958, balanced the purely scientific with the practical, devoting the agency to both "the expansion of human knowledge of phenomena in the atmosphere and space" and "the improvement of the usefulness, performance, speed, safety, and efficiency of aeronautical and space vehicles".
The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, which created NASA, listed its first objective as: "The expansion of human knowledge of phenomena in the atmosphere and space".
The industrial economy has also supported an amazing expansion of human knowledge in every field, including new ideas in agriculture, energy, and health that can be put to use to build more self-sufficient and egalitarian agricultural communities.
