Read the passage about the space program from "The Unseen Values."

Many of the beneficial results can be identified.

Those already showing up are detailed in the sections of this report which follow. They include the most urgent and precious of all commodities—national security. Beyond that, they also include a strengthened national economy, new jobs and job categories, better living, fresh consumer goods, improved education, increased health, stimulated business enterprise and a host of long-range values which may ultimately make the immediate benefits pale into relative insignificance.

Select the theme revealed.

1/ The space program yields many significant benefits.
2/The economy will be strengthened because there are better jobs and education.
3/ The space program will yield great benefits.
4/ The short-term rewards of the space program are not as important as the long-term benefits.