States with higher populations. they would get a higher representation per capita versus say having just two reps per state. so Alaska has the same number of reps as California without this idea
B - it provided friendly competition resulting in new technologies jobs.
The space race had many positive affects on the daily lives of people at the time and we still reap the benefits of the space race today. Having opened many jobs at the time, it positively helped the economy to grow and become prosperous, which again, improved the working conditions for many fields and improved how people lived.