What was NASA's purpose for being created?

Question

i am doing a research report and NASA as a topic was too braod, so i went with some thing smaller. can anyone tell me why it was created? (deatailed answers get 10 points.) and please, give me an answers other than to go to space!

Answer 1

"Following the Soviet space program's launch of the world's first man-made satellite (Sputnik 1) on October 4, 1957, the attention of the United States turned toward its own fledgling space efforts. The U.S. Congress, alarmed by the perceived threat to U.S. security and technological leadership (known as the "Sputnik crisis"), urged immediate and swift action; President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his advisors counseled more deliberate measures. Several months of debate produced agreement that a new federal agency was needed to conduct all non-military activity in space.

On July 29, 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). When it began operations on October 1, 1958, NASA consisted mainly of the four laboratories and some 80 employees of the government's 46-year-old research agency, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). A significant contributor to NASA's entry into the Space race was the technology from the German rocket program, led by Wernher von Braun, who became a naturalized citizen of the United States after World War II. He is today regarded as the father of the United States space program. Elements of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (of which von Braun's team was a part) and the Naval Research Laboratory were incorporated into NASA" (See first reference)

You also might want to look at the the NASA history site.

Answer 2

It was created for research of aero space. It was originally used to oppose the soviet space threat, but also had great scientific contributions.

it was first established On July 29, 1958

Answer 3

Because the US had tons of left over money, and god knows we can't save money. So we created NASA. There you go, enjoy!