Brookings Report

High school (ages 12+)
Space & Astronomy

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/brookings-report

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Who wrote Brookings Report?Brookings Institution
2. How big is Brookings Report?Scientific exploration, potential settlements, resource utilization, societal impacts
3. What is the year of publication?1961
4. What is the commissioned by?NASA
5. What was the Brookings Report about?It was a study that looked at how space could be used for science, the economy, and society, not just for reaching the Moon.
6. Why was the Brookings Report important?It helped NASA think about long‑term plans for space, like building bases on the Moon and Mars, and looking for life.

Space Race: A 20th-century competition between the United States and the Soviet Union for supremacy in spaceflight capability.
Civilian Applications: Uses of technology or resources that benefit the general public, rather than military purposes.
Multi-planetary Species: A species that has established populations on more than one planet, indicating a significant expansion of its habitat.
Planetary Protection: The practice of protecting celestial bodies from biological contamination by Earth life, and vice versa.