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Scientists also believe that any satellite antimissile system could lead to more emphasis on low-flying missiles, like the cruise, that would not be vulnerable to space defenses. The satellites could also be vulnerable. "Many potential counters, such as decoys or space mines, have the power to neutralize space-based systems," says Stanford University Physicist and Arms Control Expert Sidney Drell. His colleague Arthur Schawlow, who won the Nobel Prize for his work on developing the laser, agrees: "A laser battle station out in space would be a sitting duck...
Carl Sagan, the Cornell University astronomer and author, and Richard Garwin, a military expert at IBM's Watson Research Center, have prepared a petition of leading scientists opposing space weaponry. Sagan, who listened to Reagan's speech from a Syracuse hospital where he was recovering from an appendectomy, was so agitated that he pressed to have the manifesto completed for release this week. It concludes: "If space weapons are ever to be banned, this may be close to the last moment in which it can be done...
...reality is that the last couple of freshmen classes have been big, and every House is above capacity,” said Cabot House Master Jay M. Harris. “There wasn’t an inch of space...
Winthrop House Master Mandana Sassanfar said that the House masters had been discussing the space problem since early this fall...
...been on the table for reducing overcrowding—moving students from one House to another—[and] some of that’s being done,” said Pforzheimer House Master James J. McCarthy. “[We’re] trying to create some breathing space until we can begin the major renovations of the Houses...