Jan 8 1967
From The Space Library
Explosive growth of world's population in the 20th century was an instinctive preparation of mankind for challenges of space travel and resettlement on other planets, Soviet scientist Igor M. Zabelin contended in Pravda. ". . . two very striking facts-the explosive growth of mankind and the exploration of space-do not coincide by accident. Some inner motivations are leading mankind to new and unknown shores and, therefore, it is gathering its strength and reorganizing [its social structure] .,' This explosion was imperative to supply the manpower necessary for the space age, he asserted, because the solar system could not be conquered with "only three billion human beings." (Anderson. NYT, 1/9/67,1)
New York Times questioned FCC's ability to investigate adequately the organization of a domestic comsat system. "The questions faced by the Federal Communications Commission and Congress . . . go far beyond the obvious ones of whether Comsat's present monopoly in the international satellite field should be extended to the new area or whether private corporations should be empowered to launch separate systems for television or press transmission. . . . "Perhaps the most worrisome aspect of the tangle . . . is the incapacity of the F.C.C. to grapple with such problems in total terms. . . . [It] has neither the research staff nor the funds to discharge its planning responsibilities with anything approaching adequacy. The country must now look to it for decisions it is ill-equipped to give on the organization of a new satellite system and on the future of noncommercial TV." (NYT, 1/8/67, 12E)
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