The 2nd SPACE AGE About to Begin! - Clayton D Steep - May 1981

Clayton D Steep

Man is on the threshold of an unheralded new era. Space is about to become exploited! But for what purpose? The U.S. space shuttle Columbia has suddenly plunged man from the age of space exploration to the age of space exploitation. The direct exploration of space began in 1957. Sputnik I was flung into orbit. Mankind stood in awe. The tiny dot in the autumn sky circled the earth, exultantly beeping the fact of its existence. It could do little more. Twenty-four years have since passed. We have seen the launching of thousands of satellites, the placing of human footprints on the moon, extended periods spent in orbiting laboratories and probes sent to Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. As far as space adventures are concerned, man has succeeded in standing. Now he prepares to walk. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library