CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA

DIVISION OF BIOLOGY

November 1, 1960
6:30 P.M.

Dear Josh:

I have been racking my brain trying to remember
where I got the idea that the second NERV emperiment
has already been flown. I am certain now that I got
this impression from talking to Dick Young at your
house last Saturday evening. I believe he told me
then that the Neuyospora part of the experiment had
already been repeated and that it seemed to be giving
the same results as the first time. I think you were
in on the conversation. The way in which the NERV
proposal was rushed to Mel Calvin for a snap judgement,
without any opportunity for committee discussion, also
indicates that the experiment was already on the
launching pad. This doesn't make the situation any
better, of course, but I do want you to understand that
the decision to fly these experiments in no way
represents the considered judgement of our committee.
All the evidence indicates that that decision had
already been made by NASA.

I am sorry you had such an unpleasant day, and
hope that the next time you come down to Cal Tech
we will do better on the weather.

Yours y

Tn

Norman Horowitz