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QDESTIONS FOR THE RECORD 



(Science Policy Task Force) 



Herbert Friedman 



1. What are (a) the advantages and (b) the disadvantages of 

 sharing the cost of big science facilities on an international 

 basis? 



(a) Adyan^iases 



Economies of cost sharing to achieve mutually 



agreed upon goals. 



Stimulation of joint scientific planning, 



operations and analysis. 



General improvement in sharing of high technology. 



(b) Disadvantages 



Democratic management may encourage waste, 



bureaucratic impediments and other sources of 



delay. 



The economic winner is the country in which the 



facility is built. A facility built in Europe 



with D. S. funds brings prosperity to the local 



area and vice versa. 



Travel dislocations are a burden on scientists who 



come from abroad. 



2. What would be the best worldwide configuration of (a) 

 astronomy or (b) geophysics facilities from the point of view of 

 science? How might this best be determined? 



(a) -Ground based astronomy is best configured with 



national facilities. The scientific agenda is so 



