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HISTORY OF THE COMMITTEE OX SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 



resisted use of solids in the Apollo program and other parts of its 

 program. After a decade of fruitless attempts to lead the NASA horse 

 to solids, the committee reluctantly concluded that NASA preferred 

 to drink liquids. 



In the early years of the committee's operation, Fulton regularly 

 regaled many witnesses, and also at times bored his colleagues, with 

 repetitive soliloquies on the virtues of boron as a propellant for space 

 vehicles. NASA and the committee both conscientiously investigated 

 the claims for boron, and found little evidence to recommend its use. 

 However, these findings did not ever deter Fulton from continuing 

 to advocate boron. 



SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP 



At the start of 1967 and 1969, the following Members were assigned 

 to the subcommittees headed by Karth and Hechler: 



Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications, 1967 



Democrats 



Joseph E. Karth, Minnesota, Chairman 

 Thomas N. Downing, Virginia 

 Lester L. Wolff, New York 

 Jack Brinkley, Georgia 

 Bob Eckhardt, Texas 



Republicans 



Charles A. Mosher, Ohio 

 Guy Vander Jagt, Michigan 

 Larry Winn, Jr., Kansas 

 Jerry L. Pettis, California 



Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications, 1969 

 Democrats Republicans 



Joseph E. Karth, Minnesota, Chairman 

 Thomas N. Downing, Virginia 

 Roy A. Taylor, North Carolina 

 James W. Symington, Missouri 

 Edward I. Koch, New York 



Charles A. Mosher, Ohio 



Guy Vander Jagt, Michigan 



Larry Winn, Jr., Kansas 



Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., Connecticut 



Subcommittee on Advanced Research and Technology, 1967 

 Democrats Republicans 



Ken Hechler, West Virginia, Chairman 

 J. Edward Roush, Indiana 

 John W. Davis, Georgia 

 William F. Ryan, New York 

 George E. Brown, Jr., California 



Thomas M. Pelly, Washington 

 John W. Wydler, New York 

 John E. Hunt, New Jersey 

 D. E. (Buz) Lukens, Ohio 



