The Space-Age Planning sessions of the Third National Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Space have been planned by its principal sponsors-the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Mayor's Committee for Economic and Cultural Development of Chicago-and the 17 regional participating agencies to meet varied interests and contribute to future planning and profit. Its objectives are as follow:
(1) To develop widespread local and regional interest in every phase of man's relationship to outer space
(2) To bring about maximum utilization of regional industrial and educational resources in the Nation's space program
(3) To obtain full utilization by regional industries and universities of the spin-off research that the Space Age is generating.
The papers presented herein are concerned with exploration of space, man in space, the university-industry partnership in space programs, how space activities are changing the economy, business opportunities from space research, the placement and management of research and development projects, and the opportunities and challenges in space procurement.