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Show Viewpoint i Ax To Trim Lunar Bum, 1 1 The The direction in which the economy ax is falling upon the '.ii mi States moon program demonstrates the fallacy of trying to J j Ka this costly effort as now constituted, in terms of its scientific Xja; AS NOBEL PRIZE winning chemist Dr. Harold C. Uy;.jf;P out, the projects being trimmed are those aimed primarily at f i ing scientific data rather than developing the hardware to gtt nauts safely to the moon and back in this decade. Such cum: :"0. includes cancellation of five Ranger spacecraft that were to;. lunar data prior to attempts at a manned landing. DR. UREY acknowledges that, if men are to go to their !m ' all, the engineering development needed to ensure their safe have top priority. Nevertheless, it is obvious that the interests oi r tific research are not served by an overriding goal that caiKl entific aspects of the program to be cut back when a budget sly ison- Ml THE ADMINISTRATION should face the fact that the real : i for initiating a hurry up program to put astronauts on the -'IIL, r '1970 was pursuit of national prestige, to beat the Soiets lo j(J one significant space achievement and not scientific explr If that goal is insufficient today to justify the contiK cost of the Apollo effort in the judgment of Congress then tl: -.CP) -gram should be reevaluated and the 1970 deadline removed. 1 2, lei Christian Science! Pa. |