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Whipple is chairman of the shooting star committee of the International Astronomical Union, and a member of the IAU's committees on spectrophotometry and on the positions and motions of asteroids...
Since its inception, Project West Ford has met with stiff opposition from astronomers all over the world. In 1961 the International Astronomical Union officially expressed its disapproval of the program. Because of West Ford, both the IAU and the National Academy of Sciences have created "watchdog committees" to help scientists appraise space programs that might impede their research...