A Review of the New Initiatives at the NASA Ames Research Center Summary of a Workshop (2001) / Chapter Skim
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I. Foreword and Preface
I. Foreword and Preface
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The Ames S&T park will be an integral part of the 2,000-acre NASA Ames Research Center, located in Moffett Field, California. A description of the park concept, prepared by the NASA Ames Research Center, is included in the report in Annex A
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The federal role is as diverse as it is important. The government directly stimulates scientific and technological research through its support of the large federal research agencies, such as the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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The Board's activities have corresponded with increased recognition of the importance of support for basic, applied, and developmental research to continued economic growth.4 STEP recognizes that of the major investors in R&D the federal government and private industry the federal government has the primary but not exclusive responsibility to provide support for basic research. The government's role is central for at least four reasons: First, the federal government has the capacity to take a long view of research and provide the "patient funding" needed 2 The NASA budget declined for several years; however, for fiscal year 2001 the NASA budget was increased to $14.285 billion, $633 million more than the fiscal year 2000 level.
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See Richard Nelson, "Technical advance and economic growth," in National Research Council, Harnessing Science and Technology for America 's Economic Future, Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1999 (www.nap.edu/ html/harness sol tech/ch2.html)
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See National Research Council, Conflict and Cooperation in National Competition for High-Technology Industry, Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1996.
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Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Na
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On behalf of the STEP Board we would like to express special recognition to Henry McDonald, Director of Ames Research Center; William Berry, Deputy Director of Ames Research Center; Carolina Blake, Chief of the Commercial Technology Office, Ames Research Center; Robert Norwood, Director for Commercial Development and Technology Transfer, NASA Headquarters; and Diana Hoyt, Senior Policy Analyst, NASA Headquarters. Their interest and commitment to an objective assessment of the Ames S&T Park initiative was crucial to the success of this review.
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Flax of the Washington Advisory Group. Appointed by the National Research Council, he was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered.
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