Letter from Salvador E. Luria to the editor of The New York Times
Description:
Several months after the first NASA lunar landing, Luria wrote the editor to dispute the scientific value and expense of the "man-on-the-moon program" and plans for missions to Mars at a time when government funding for medical research was being cut. This letter appeared in the newspaper on 26 September 1969.
NOTE: Letter scanned darker to make the handwritten note legible.
Number of Image Pages:
1 (80,243 Bytes)
Date:
1969-09-17 (September 17, 1969)
Creator:
Luria, Salvador E.
Recipient:
New York Times
Source:
Original Repository: American Philosophical Society. Library. Salvador Luria Papers
Rights:
Reproduced with permission of Daniel D. Luria.
Reproduced with permission of the American Philosophical Society.
