Voyagers I
“Thursday, February 16, 1978 Senator William Proxmire (D-Wis) said Thursday, “I am giving my Golden Fleece of the Month award for February to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which, riding the wave of popular enthusiasm for ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind,’ is proposing to spend $14 to $15 million over the next seven years to try to find intelligent life in outer space. In my view, this project should be postponed for a few million light years.”
The Gold...en Fleece of the Month Award is given for the biggest, most ironic or most ridiculous example of wasteful spending for the month. Proxmire is Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee and of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over NASA funds.
“NASA is proposing to pay $2 million this year and $14 to $15 million over the next seven years to Pasadena, California’s, Jet Propulsion Lab to conduct ‘an all-sky, all-frequency search for radio signals from intelligent extra-terrestrial life.’ But this is only the foot in the door.MoreLess
The Gold...en Fleece of the Month Award is given for the biggest, most ironic or most ridiculous example of wasteful spending for the month. Proxmire is Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee and of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over NASA funds.
“NASA is proposing to pay $2 million this year and $14 to $15 million over the next seven years to Pasadena, California’s, Jet Propulsion Lab to conduct ‘an all-sky, all-frequency search for radio signals from intelligent extra-terrestrial life.’ But this is only the foot in the door.MoreLess
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