Letter from Thomas Gold to Dr Harold Lane, Astronomy Section, National Science Foundation, 1800 G Street, N.W., Washington DC Gold requests authorization to use funds in their NSF grant AST 74-17838, Amend. 2, for the purpose of his trip to Innsbruck Austria to attend the COSPAR meeting, in particular the discussion of Mars, where he is to give a paper 'Mars - the Icy Planet'. Lists expenses likely to be incurred. 12 May 1978