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-That better information and education of how to acquire and 



use the data generated by Landsat be developed. 

 -That the control process for space-related exports be simplified 



and streamlined. 

 -That Intelsat be used as a model for other international space 

 activities. 

 The committee also sponsored publication in 1978 of a study by 

 Dr. Charles S. Sheldon II, Chief of the Science Policy Research Division 

 of the Congressional Research Service, entitled "United States and 

 Soviet Progress in Space." 



In September 1979, the subcommittee held hearings on the activ- 

 ities of international bodies in space matters, as well as the interna- 

 tional utilization and management of space systems. The subcommittee 

 reviewed the current status of proposed actions on future space activi- 

 ties, including issues before the United Nations Committee on the 

 Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and the international conference to estab- 

 lish global communications frequency regulations. Cost reductions 

 through joint international space ventures were also explored. 



INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION 



Members and staff of the Science Committee strongly supported 

 the establishment of the Institute for Scientific and Technological 

 Cooperation, which constituted title IV of the foreign aid bill in 

 1979- Fuqua and Brown both testified in support of the Institute before 

 the House Foreign Affairs Committee on March 14, while Winn and 

 Pease (Science Committee members who also served on the Foreign 

 Affairs Committee) were outspoken advocates. Bill Wells and Paul 

 Maxwell were the most active staff members lending assistance. 



In his testimony before the Foreign Affairs Committee, Fuqua 

 noted: 



In the years that I have worked on this committee, I have had an opportunity 

 to view at close hand the manner in which science and technology have brought 

 major benefits to our economy and well-being. I have also seen that technology- 

 transfer by moving research d.it.t from the laboratory to useful application is a com- 

 plex and difficult task. This administration is currently completing one in a series 

 of broad-based studies in the innovative process. One thing emerges from those studies: 

 The closer the research and development are to the users of R. iN D., the more likely 

 the application will be successful. I believe the same holds true internationally as 

 domestically. 



Fuqua illustrated with the example of the use of satellite-based edu- 

 cational television in India. He noted that this program, the ATS-6, 

 succeeded because of the very close collaboration of American experts 

 with the professionals in India. This avoided the usual pitfalls of 

 people thousands of miles away designing and implementing research 



