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Impact of Defense Research and Development Investments on the Civilian Sector
Impact of Defense Research and Development Investments on the Civilian Sector
Pages 247-264
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if a few ingenious men had failed us, most of us would have died twenty years ago, and the whose of Europe might have been a desert at this moment. Lord Bowden at ~ - Day 20th Anniversary Defense technology has had a profound effect on both the military and the civilian way of life.
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Thwarted by Congress in crying Act establish ~ civilian government agency for the purpose of exploration, Jefferson, under ache aegis of national security, involved the Army in exploration. Two of the most famous explorers were Army officers Lewis and Clark, who opened the Nor~chwest passage, providing the research community with in~ral''=ble information: and the commercial sector with extremely valuable new .
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While today one hears about the pass ible creation of a cabinet post and a department of science and technology, only 13 years ago (and 3 years af~cer an American set foot on the moon) , ache White House abolished the Office of the Presiden~c's Science Advisor.
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The driving forces for faster machines with larger capacities have been the mili~cary needs for stun ation nuclear weapons detona~cions, cryptography, improved weather predict' on, and a number of other specialized applications. As the R&D costs are written off by the government, however, the prices become compet~.ci~re, and ache civilian market enjoys the benefits.
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The great maj ority of those technology es come from the Uni ted S tares . There will be little national security benefit derived from MUSIC if we lose ache technological leverage needed deco offset the numerical advantage of our adversaries in most weapons systems and manpower.
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Also, they cannot afford deco be involved in one- sided agreements with large companies or seek atten~cion from urti~rersities more interested in substantial donors OUTLOOK The largest technology program on the horizon is the Stra~cagic Defense Initiative. If implemented successfully, i~c could provide a maj or influx of new government money for support of high- technology industry.
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Solar Terrestrial Plasm Physics . Better ur~ders~cand~ng o f ache interactions of charged particles with each other and wi oh electrical and magnetic fields w'll help in the effort to attain peaceful uses of fusion, will improve understanding of the effects of sunspots on magnetic storms and on comm~cat~on systems, and will provide invaluable data for breaking new ground in understanding such basic questions as the origin, behavior, and location of black holes.
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"Federal Financial Support for High~Technolagy Industries." Congressional Budget Office, June 1985. 9 0 n Soviet: Acquis Scion of t£ili~carily S igntficant yes tern Technology: An Update.
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