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predictions on weather and harvests, new communi-
cation relays such as the TELSTAR satellite for
telephone and television, and new techniques
of construction, electronics, plastics, hydraulics
and other earth-bound technologies.
The growth of our science and education will be
enriched by new knowledge of our universe and
environment -- by new techniques of learning
and mapping and observation -- by new tools and
computers for industry, medicine and the home
as well as school. Technical institutions such as
Rice will particularly reap the harvest of these gains.
And, finally, the space effort itself --while
still in its infancy -- has already created large
numbers of new companies, and tens of
thousands of new jobs. Space and related
industries are generating new demands for
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