flinn@seismo.UUCP (E. A. Flinn) (01/26/84)
"You can take all the impact that science considerations have on funding
decisions at NASA, put them in the navel of a flea, and have room left
over for a caraway seed and Tony Calio's heart."
This paraphrase of something Fred Allen said a long time ago is
certainly true: at levels where people drop the word 'millions' from
conversation about budgets ("oh, give them their eighty dollars and
let's see what they can do with it") scientific justification for
proposed projects is usually necessary but never sufficient.
Dr. A. J. Calio, now Deputy Administrator of NOAA, was Associate
Administrator for Applications in the late 1970's - an able and fair,
but very tough, guy.