Brief comments to be added on this individual.
In February 1978, Senator William Proxmire (D-Wis) awarded NASA his “Golden Fleece” for proposing to use taxpayer money on SETI. Several months later, NASA SETI funds were stricken from the 1979 HUD appropropriation bill.
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Book References
For discussion of Proxmire and/or the associated cut in SETI funding see the following:
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Achenbach, Joel in his “Captured by Aliens” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 65 (in Chapter 6) of the Simon and Schuster hardback edition. |
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Berry, Adrian in his “From Apes to Astronauts” (1980) at pages 80-81 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “The unkindest cut of all”) of the Daily Telegraph paperback edition. |
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Billings, Linda in “First Contact” (1990) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 223-224, 231, 233 (in Chapter 7) of the NAL Books hardback edition, at pages 280, 292, 294-295 of the Headline paperback edition. |
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Davidson, Keay in his “Carl Sagan: A Life” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 348 (in Chapter 14), 483-484 (in the Notes) of the Wiley softcover edition. |
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Dick, Steven J in his “The Biological Universe” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 498 (in Chapter 9) of the Cambridge hardback edition. |
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Drake, Frank and Sobel, Dava in their “Is Anyone Out There?“ (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 191-196 (in Chapter 9) of the Pocket Books paperback edition. |
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Edelson, Edward in his “Who Goes There?” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 150 (in Chapter 11) of the NEL paperback edition (with the same page numbering in the NEL paperback edition combining this book and Chris Boyce’s “Extraterrestrial Encounter). |
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Feinberg, Gerald and Shapiro, Robert in their “Life Beyond Earth” (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 417-418 (in Chapter 14) of the Morrow hardback edition. |
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Halpern, Paul in his “The Quest For Alien Planets” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 248, 256, 258 (in Chapter 8) of the Plenum Trade hardback edition. |
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Jastrow, Robert in his “Journey to the Stars: Space Exploration - Tomorrow and Beyond” (1989) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 190 (in Chapter 14) of the Bantam softcover edition. |
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Lamb, David in his “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence : A Philosophical Inquiry” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 40 (in Chapter 2) of the Routledge softcover edition. |
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Lemonick, Michael in his “Other Worlds“ (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 230 (in Chapter 13) of the Simon & Schuster hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Simon & Schuster softcover edition). |
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McDonough, Thomas R in his “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - Listening for Life in the Cosmos” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 145-148, 149-152 (in Chapter 10) of the Wiley softcover edition. |
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Poundstone, William in his “Carl Sagan: A Life in the Cosmos” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 272-273 (in the chapter entitled “Los Angeles 1978- |
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Sagan, Carl in his “The Demon Haunted World” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 374 (in Chapter 23) of the Headline softcover edition. |
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Seeger, Charles L in an interview in David W Swift’s “SETI Pioneers : Scientists Talk About Their Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 300-301 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Charles L Seeger”) of the Arizona hardback edition. |
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Sheaffer, Robert in his “UFO Sightings: The Evidence” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 180 of the Prometheus hardback edition (Chapter 12). |
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Shostak, Seth in his “Sharing the Universe” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 160-161 (in Chapter 8) of the Berkeley Hills softcover edition. |
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Ward, Peter and Brownlee, Don in their “Rare Earth” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 250-251 (in Chapter 11) of the Copernicus softcover edition. |
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Wood, Ryan in his “MAJIC Eyes Only” (2005) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 227 of the Wood Enterprises hardback edition. |
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