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LETTEFtS Small Business R & D: J. J. LaFalce; W. B. Rudman; P. Speser;Radiation Effects: T. A. Louis;,[H. E. Holden; W. J. Schull and

J. V. Neel................................

EDITORIAL The End of the Beginning: B. Murray .....................

ARTICLES Scattered Electrons in Microscopy and Microanalysis:F. P. OttensMeyer

Biological Control of Chestnut Blight: S. L. Anagnostakis............

Science, Elitism, and Economic Readustment in China: L. A. Orleans

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NEWS AND COMMENT

RESEARCH NEWS

Harvard Delays in Reporting Fraud...........................................

Coping with Fraud: The Odd Man Out.......................................

Fear as a Form of Pollution.................................................

Briefing: Nonprofit Journals Share Mail Rate Boost; France Toughens Positionon Reactor for Iraq; Another Look at Agricultural Research................

A Tale with Many Connections ............................................

X-ray Holography Experiment Planned .......................................

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BOOK REVIEWS Bones, reviewed by H. T. Bunn; Origins and Evolution of EukaryoticIntracellular Organelles, C. W. Birky, Jr.; Epithelial Ion and WaterTransport, L. Reuss; Insect Cytogenetics, B. B. Spear; Books Received..... 494

REPORTS Voyager 2 Encounter with the Saturnian System: E. C. Stone and E. D. Miner ... 499

A New Look at the Saturn System: The Voyager 2 Images: B. A. Smith et al. ... 504

Photopolarimetry from Voyager 2: Preliminary Results on Saturn, Titan, and theRings: A. L. Lane et al . ................................................ 537

Infrared Observations of the Saturnian System from Voyager 2: R. Hanel et al. 544

Extreme Ultraviolet Observations from the Voyager 2 Encounter with Saturp:B. R. Sandel et al. .................................................... 548

Radio Science with Voyager 2 at Saturn: Atmosphere and Ionosphere and theMasses of Mimas, Tethys, and Iapetus: G. L. Tyler et al. ..... ............ 553

Magnetic Field Studies by Voyager 2: Preliminary Results at Saturn:N. F. Ness et al. ............ .......................................... 556

Plasma Observations Near Saturn: Initial Results from Voyager 2:H. S. Bridge et al . .................................................. 563-

Low-Energy Hot Plasma and Particles in Saturn's Magnetosphere:S. M. Krimigis et al. .................................................. 571

Energetic Charged Particles in Saturn's Magnetosphere: Voyager 2 Results:R. E. Vogt et al. ............................................. 577

Planetary Radio Astronomy Observations from Voyager 2 Near Saturn:J. W. Warwick et al . ................................................... 582

Voyager 2 Plasma Wave Observations at Saturn: F. L. Scarf et al. .... ....... 587

COVER

Montage of Voyager photographs con-structs a view over the limb of Encela-dus (foreground, Voyager 2) whichlooks back toward the sun to observeRhea (lower right, Voyager 1), Saturn

---------(Voyager 1), Mimas (near Saturn, Voy-ager 2), and Titan (upper right, Voyag-er 2). Voyager 2 is currently proceedingtoward flybys of Uranus (January 1986)and Neptune (August 1989). See page499. [Montage prepared by R. W. Post,PhotoIa\b_~~ Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Pasadena, California 91103]

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imber 4532 SCIENC:E

The End of the BeginningVoyager 2 journeyed 4 years from the warm sands of Florida to the icy

environs of Saturn. Scientific specialists have been awed by the intricateand unexpected natural phenomena which characterize the Saturnian sys-tem, just as they were earlier bedazzled by Jupiter. Millions of othersaround the world have been carried along via instant global communicationson this fantastic journey of the mind.But a funny thing happened on the way to the outer planets. While the

Voyagers functioned relatively smoothly in space, circumstances in theirterrestrial birthplace were not so harmonious. Double-digit inflation com-bined with unprecedented interest rates painfully exacerbated the growingdisparity between expectations and reality for middle-class Americans.NASA plans for a smooth transition to the reusable space shuttle weredashed by schedule delays and burgeoning costs. All plan,etary launchesfollowing the Pioneer/Venus Mission in 1978 became dependent upon timelydevelopment of the shuttle and upper stages.Voyager 2 began its ambitious four-planet journey in August 1977. At that

time Galileo, a long-duration Jupiter orbiter also carrying a sophisticatedentry probe for direct atmospheric sampling, was firmly scheduled forlaunch this very month aboard shuttle flight 16. Two International SolarPolar Mission (ISPM) spacecraft, one American and one European, wereplanned to depart by shuttle in February 1983 on exploratory passages overopposite poles of the sun. By 1984, the Venus Orbiting Imaging Radar(VOIR) spacecraft was expected to map by radar the permanently cloud-shrouded surface of Earth's closest planetary relative. And even a daringrendezvous with the nucleus of Halley's comet in 1986 was contemplated.What is the situation now? Galileo is the only remaining U.S. planetary

project under development, its launch delayed until 1985. The U.S. ISPMspacecraft has been canceled outright and the launch of its Europeancounterpart delayed until 1986. VOIR, deferred again last year until at least1988, has come to resemble more the fading grin of a Cheshire cat than aserious national objective. Halley's comet will be investigated by spacecraftof the Soviet Union, Western Europe, and Japan-but not the UnitedStates. By these actions the United States unilaterally abandoned worldleadership in planetary exploration, one of the 20th century's most upliftingand challenging technological and scientific enterprises. A brilliant burst ofAmerican imagination and energy, catalyzed by the Apollo decision, carriedour senses and intellect inward to Mercury as well as outward beyondSaturn-but now has nearly run its course.Our new challenge is to maximize the scientific and exploratory signifi-

cance of the much more modest U.S. deep space activities projected for the1980's. The Deep Space Net, which so skillfully captured Voyager's faintvideo signals from a distance of over 1 billion miles, steadily improves. Newdeep space missions still can materialize as long as they do not requireincreased launch-vehicle capability or strain the NASA budget. Opportuni-ties for truly collaborative international deep space efforts may arise toreplace symbolic and sometimes paternalistic arrangements of the past.On a longer time scale, ambitious new missions to the moon and Mars can

and should come about in response to the expanding capabilities and aspi-rations of many more peoples than just those of the United States and theSoviet Union.During the next century, humankind's growing comprehension and uti-

lization of our solar neighborhood are likely to make the events of the lasttwo decades seem tiny in magnitude but large in historical import. Whileforgoing dominance, the United States can still make crucial contributionsin a more internationalized era of space exploration. The readership ofScience, especially, can help this uncertain nation once again look outwardin space and forward in time. Perhaps our national expectations will againbe rising 4 years hence when Voyager 2 reaches Uranus.-BRUCE MURRAY,Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91109