RESEARCHERS at NASA and the US national laboratories, such as Los Alamos and
Fermilab, are wondering what will happen to them under the new administration.
So far, George W. Bush has said nothing.
That suggests he doesn’t much care about physics, chemistry and astronomy,
says physicist Michael Lubell, director of public affairs for the American
Physical Society. “During the campaign, Bush talked only about medical research
and nothing else,” he says. “I think that tells you where the priorities
are.”
But one Senate aide paints a different picture. The new administration
recognises that science and technology drove the economic boom…
