| Description | States he has the invitation to attend the Arecibo inauguration ceremony. However, he has the impression that many persons believe his retirement from the directorship of the Arecibo organization was necessary to make it into a national center - at least the NSF people have certainly put it around that the changes were of their doing, and they wish to reap the credit at Gold's expense.
It was very disappointing for Gold to find that his devoting of 13 years towards the development of a most successful instrument and obsetravatory, and the acquisition of a host of first - rate scientific results, should now have left him with this kind of a reputation, and with a very unfriendly attitude of the NSF.
In view of this, Gold fears that partaking in the inauguration ceremony will be no more than a further embarrassment for him. |