1962.0000 SETI "top priority"

 

seti_1
SETI "top priority"
During 1962, in “A Review of Space Research”, the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council state that the goal of finding extraterrestrial life “should be acclaimed as the top-priority scientific goal of our space program”.

 

 

 

Sections below

1. Web Resources

2. Book References

3. Other material

 

Web Resources

{text}

 

Book References

For discussion see the following:

 

Year

Discussion by:

 

No. of Pages

1965

Allen, Tom in his “The Quest: A Report on Extraterrestrial life " (1965) at pages xi-xii (in the Introduction) of the Chilton hardback edition.

2

1964

Simpson, George Gaylord in his “This View of Life” (1964) at pages 253-254 (in Chapter 13), 300 (in the Notes and References) of the Harcourt, Brace & World hardcover edition.

3

 

Other Material

National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, A Review of Space Research, report of the summer study conducted under the auspices of the Space Science Board of the National Academy of Sciences, NAS-NRC Publication 1079 (Washington, 1962) (chairman - H H Hess)