Government1993

Congress ends NASA's SETI program

When: Sep 1993
Where: Washington, D.C.
Sources: 3 public sources

Sen. Richard Bryan, whose 1993 amendment ended NASA's SETI program Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The Senate adopted Sen. Richard Bryan's amendment cutting NASA's search for extraterrestrial intelligence, then called the High Resolution Microwave Survey. House and Senate conferees left $1 million for shutdown costs, ending federal funding; the SETI Institute continued privately.

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PressSenate Action on SSC, NSF, NASA (opens in a new tab)American Institute of Physics, FYI Science Policy News / 1993-09
PressConference Report Language on NASA: R&D, Space Science, Misc. (opens in a new tab)American Institute of Physics, FYI Science Policy News / 1993-10
PressSearch for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Takes a New Tack (opens in a new tab)The Christian Science Monitor / 1994-02-02

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