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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: National Space Council (from: What's New )
Summary: Space Council, HA!
Message-ID: <435@corpane.UUCP>
Date: 8 Mar 89 18:45:51 GMT
References: <2028@pur-phy>
Organization: Corpane Industries, Inc., Louisville Ky
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I found this on sci.physics. It has some relevance to this group so
I am posting the relevant parts here. 

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In article <2028@pur-phy>, piner@pur-phy (Richard Piner) writes:
 > 
 > Posted: Fri  Mar  3, 1989   4:35 PM EST              Msg: EGIJ-3435-7606
 > From:   RPARK
 > To:     WHATSNEW
 > 
 > WHAT'S NEW, Friday, 3 March 1989                   Washington, DC
 > 
 > 2. A NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL WILL BE ESTABLISHED BY PRESIDENT BUSH
 > to oversee the implementation of his space policy.  In a report
 > to Congress issued Wednesday, he gave the composition of the 10-
 > member council.  It will be headed by the Vice President and will
 > include several cabinet officers, the NASA Administrator, the
 > Director of the CIA, the Director of OMB, the National Security
 > Advisor and the White House Chief of Staff--but it will not
 > include the President's Science and Technology Advisor.  This
 > conspicuous omission suggests that the Science Advisor will be as
 > lightly regarded in this Administration as he was in the last.


READ: Boy are we in for it! What does the Director of the CIA have to do
with space? Oh, yea... spy satelites. Looks like they have all the
spy and defense deptartment bozos on the 'council' and no scientists
or space experts. This bodes very badly. Must mean that they are taking
SDI seriously, to the exclusion of anything else, like scientific 
knowledge. There is more to this article, so here it is with no
more of my 'pithy' commentary: -jrs

 > 
 > 3. SALARY IS THE MAIN OBSTACLE IN RECRUITING A SCIENCE ADVISOR,
 > according to Rep. Ritter (R-PA).  This is consistent with rumors
 > that only corporate executives are on the short lists for both
 > NASA Administrator and Science Advisor.  Clearly, the $71,700
 > salary would entail much less of a sacrifice for an academic.
 > 
 > 4. PRIORITIES FOR THE AMERICAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EFFORT were
 > discussed this week in two days of hearings before the Science,
 > Research and Technology Subcommittee of the House.  Several
 > witnesses commented on the disproportionate emphasis on Defense
 > R&D.  Bill Brinkman of Bell Labs remarked that although large R&D
 > expenditures on defense "may create technology spinoff, it also
 > creates a culture not oriented toward commercial product
 > realization.  Its net contribution to civilian R&D is small." 
 > George Keyworth of the Hudson Institute commented on the relative
 > value of the SSC and the Space Station, "one of which represents
 > a national commitment to excellence and leadership in research,
 > and the other of which is an investment in neither excellent
 > science nor excellent technology."   Rep. David Price (D-NC)
 > asked which was which.  Keyworth responded that the space station
 > represents nothing new; "it is the past brought forward."
 > 
 > 
 > Robert L. Park  (202) 232-0189      The American Physical Society
 >  

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