Robert Frodeman (frodeman@ colorado. edu) is a research scientist at the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Colorado. Carl Mitcham (cmitcham@ mines. edu) is professor of philosophy at the Colorado School of Mines. Roger Pielke, Jr.(pielke@ cires. colorado. edu) is the director of the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Colorado. ing to a research program on the ethical, legal, and social implications of its work.