Key Address on Space Science and Technology for the Near and Distant Future

It is a pleasure to be here today, and take part in your Fall Conference on the Nation\u27s Space and Space Science Programs . I have discovered a number of former associates in the Canaveral Council of Technical Societies, and there is no better way to resume old friendships than by joining in discussion of a problem of common interest . The purpose of your Conference -- to stimulate se.rious thought and definitive planning on the.part of government, business and institutions, and a general awareness on the part of the public ... in the challenges posed by what you call the Pace of the Race to Space -- is indeed such a problem. Although the focus of your meeting is on the difficulties and opportunities facing the State of Florida and the Cape Area particularly, my assignment from your Executive Board Chairman-- Jim Duffett -- is somewhat broader. As I understand it, my function is to help to supply a long-range, national rather than regional, technical content for detailed review of more locally oriented issues. What I have to say is based on this understanding, and explains the somewhat sweeping title for these remarks -- Space Science and Technology, the Near and Distant Future