1981.0700 Proxmire and SETI funding

 

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Proxmire and SETI funding
During July 1981, Senator William Proxmire (D-Wis) successfully proposed an amendment to eliminate NASA “subsistence level” funding of SETI (which the Senator referred to as “insterstellar conversation”).

 

 

 

Sections below

1. Web Resources

2. Book References

3. Other material

 

Web Resources

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Book References

Relatively lengthy extract of text of transcript of relevant debate in U.S. Senate presented by Howard Blum’s “Out There“ (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 122-124 (in Chapter 16) of the Simon & Schuster hardback edition, pages 127-130 of the Pocket Star paperback edition.

For discussion see the following:

 

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1990

Blum, Howard in his “Out There“ (1990), with relatively lengthy extract of transcript of relevant debate in U.S. Senate, at pages 122-124 (in Chapter 16) of the Simon & Schuster hardback edition, pages 127-130 of the Pocket Star paperback edition.

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1999

Davidson, Keay in his “Carl Sagan: A Life” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 484 (in the Notes) of the Wiley softcover edition.

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1987

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 145-146 (in Chapter 10) of the Wiley softcover edition.

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1999

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 1978-81”) of the Owl Books softcover edition.

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1998

Sheaffer, Robert in his “UFO Sightings: The Evidence” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 180 (in Chapter 12) of the Prometheus hardback edition.

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Other Material