As an influential member of the House Committee on Science and Technology, he also has helped to shape U.S. policy in those areas. Brown, who received his BA in physics from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1946, also serves on the Agriculture Committee. He was interviewed on Capitol Hill January 19 by Tabitha M. Powledge, editor of The Scientist. The following is an edited version of their talk.
I also am seriously concerned about the erosion of the NASA R&D program, which includes a number of areas: space science projects; space applications projects, such as the advanced communications technology satellite; planetary exploration; cooperative research with other countries. I want to make sure that these are maintained at as healthy a level as possible—and that the overall NASA program doesn't become completely subordinated to military requirements. Even within NASA you're finding that the military is preempting the share ...
