Dr. Donald F. Nomig Director, Interdisciplinary Program in Health Harvard School of Public Health 665 Huntington Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02115 617-732-1258 Dr. C. Gordon Little Director, Wave Propagation Laboratory Environmental Research Laboratories National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Boulder, Colorado 80303 303-499-1000, Ext. 6261 Dr. J. Ross Macdonald Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy Phillips Hall 039A University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 919-933-3012 Mr. Leonard C. Meeker, Esq. Director, International Project Center for Law and Social Policy 1751 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 202-872-0670 Mr. Thomas O. Paine President, Northrop Corporation 800 Century Park East Century City Los Angeles, California 90067 213-553-6262, Ext. 502 Dr. C. K. N. Patel ' Director, Physical Research Laboratory Bell Laboratories 600 Mountain Avenue Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974 201-582-3425 Dr. Richard B. Setlow Chairman, Biology Department Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, New York 11973 516-345-3391 Staff 202-389-6917 Dr. John M. Richardson Myron F. Uman (part time) Adele L. King Sally C. Murphy, Project Secretary Connie Reges, Project Secretary For the past year the Committee has been meeting every quarter and expects to submit its final report by June 1981. Except for brief executive sessions its two-day meetings have been open to the public. The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), under the Direction of Dr. Ray A. Williamson, is conducting an independent assessment of solar power satellites. This study is not tied to the Department of Energy or to NASA although information is exchanged between the groups. OTA has hired its own contractors, usually people not involved in the DOE program. They are seeking a balanced assessment in order to lay out policy options for consideration by Congress. The study is costing approximately $250,000.00 and is taking about 1-1/2 years. (It has been on an on-again/off- again basis since August 1978.) The OTA SPS assessment is divided into four categories — technical options, public acceptance, institutional acceptance and programmatic context. Each category has been the subject of a workshop of experts brought together by the OTA project staff. Further information regarding the work of the OTA Committee can be obtained from Dr. Ray A. Williamson, Energy Group, Office of Technology Assessment, Washington DC 20510. The telephone number is 301-353-3281.
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