Looking around for information on which Jasons might be more interested in LENR and national security than peer pressure, I found the study Reducing DoD Fossil-Fuel Dependence<http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/dod/jason/fossil.pdf>. Clearly the author(s) of this study would be great candidates to approach with the data!
Click through to see the lead authors.... Ooops.... On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 8:24 PM, James Bowery <jabow...@gmail.com> wrote: > Something else from the Jasons Wikipedia > article<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JASON_(advisory_group)> > : > > In 2002, DARPA decided to cut its ties with JASON. DARPA had not only been > one of JASON's primary sponsors, it was also the channel through which > JASON received funding from other sponsors. DARPA's decision came after > JASON's refusal to allow DARPA to select three new JASON members. Since > JASON's inception, new members have always been selected by its existing > members. After much negotiation and letter-writing—including a letter by > Congressman<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives> > Rush Holt <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_D._Holt,_Jr.> of New Jersey > [3] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JASON_(advisory_group)#cite_note-3>—funding > was subsequently secured from an office higher in the defense hierarchy, > the office of the Director, Defense Research & > Engineering<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_of_Defense_Research_and_Engineering>, > name changed to Assistant Secretary of Defense (Research & Engineering) > (ASD (R&E)) in 2011.[4] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JASON_(advisory_group)#cite_note-4> > > > > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 6:34 PM, James Bowery <jabow...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Ironically: >> >> *JASON* is an independent group of scientists which advises the United >> States >> government<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States> >> on >> matters of science and technology. *The group was first created as a way >> to get a younger generation of scientists*—that is, not the older Los >> Alamos <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Alamos_National_Laboratory> and >> MIT Radiation Laboratory<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_Laboratory> >> alumni—involved >> in advising the government. It was established in 1960 and has somewhere >> between 30 and 60 members. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> I get the impression the Jasons are a bunch of washed up old farts who >>> are opposed to everything that wasn't discovered before they turned 30 >>> >> >
