Why should the U.S. remain a world leader in the science of high-energy physics?

We watch with wonder the images beamed back to Earth by the Mars Sojourner probe: wonder at the fact that we are seeing pictures of a new, largely unexplored world. It is a great tribute to our space program that we can see these pictures and wonder, that these images lead us to ask important questions about our place in the cosmos. Yet we are also exploring strange new worlds right here on Earth, worlds …

…have expected scientific research to fundamentally change the world. But continued and consistent investments in science by the United States have helped make it the economic, technological and research leader of the world at the close of the century. As we head into the new millennium, few would doubt that scientific research will remake our world yet again. It is our choice whether we want to help make this new world or retreat from it.