Proceedings on the Working Group on Extraterrestrial Resources - Fourth Annual Meeting

The Working Group on Extraterrestrial Resources is composed of people from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the U. S. Air Force, the U. S. Navy, Office of Engineers of the U. S. Army, U S. Geological Survey, the Department of Agriculture, and the Rand Corporation. It was organized for the following function:

"To evaluate the feasibility and usefulness of the employment of extraterrestrial resources
with the objective of reducing dependence of lunar and planetary exploration on terrestrial
supplies; to advise cognizant agencies on requirements pertinent to these objectives,
and to point out the implications affecting these goals. "