...world treaty banning space-based weapons. Section 2 of the bill specifically reaffirmed that it "is the policy of the United States that activities in...peaceful purposes for the benefit of all mankind," as expressed in section 102(a) of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 USC 2451(a))....

...National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 USC 2451 (a)), statìng that it vis thè policy of thè United States that activities in space should be devoted to peaceful purposes for thè benefit of ali mankind.'. SEC. 3. PERMANENT BAN ON BASINO OF WEAPONS IN SPACE. The President shall—...

...Aeronautics and Space Act. It called for a new civilian — not military — space agency, and it stated that "activities in space should be devoted to peaceful purposes for the benefit of all mankind." Two months later the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was formed. NASA opened for business....

...Annual Report, 1999), appendixes E-ia and E-ib. congressional mandate declared that NASA's undertakings "should be devoted to peaceful purposes for the benefit of all mankind.""' Utopian visions of space exploration emerged in numerous ways during the agency's early history. In...