International Friction and Cooperation in High-Technology Development and Trade Papers and Proceedings (1997) / Chapter Skim
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Opening Address
Opening Address
Pages 121-129
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So we drove into Old Town, and we went to Chesapeake Bagel where there was a line of 25 people waiting to buy bagels. My mother notices that there are garlic bagels and blueberry bagels and salt bagels.
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The focus just ten years ago was on defeating the evil empire, and now people are worried about building bridges and tunnels in Shanghai; in Japan they are worried about how they can win the digital revolution. They have already beat the United States in the analog revolution.
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They have to keep up their productivity, and the productivity has to match the expectations of the marketplace. The corporations are not just cutting back on corporate R&D, they are cutting back on the percentage of corporate R&D that goes for long-term basic research.
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I believe that there is a real need for improved productivity in American universities or they will price themselves out of existence. For 1994, approximately half of the Ph.D.'s awarded in physical sciences were to noncitizens of the United States.
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An example: Boeing just put its 777 into operation. Fifteen years ago, in the late 1970s, NASA did basic research on jet engines.
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In Europe they said, "we must beat the pants off the United States and take away 50 percent of the market share in the long-haul jet transports." That was a national and regional decision, and that is good and that is accept
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But I want to tell you, if we start pulling in our tents and we do not do basic research where it is in our national interest to do it, then it will be a disaster. No one has the resources to do all the research alone.
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It is all up to us. PARTICIPANT: With respect to international cooperation on basic research but with the Airbus case in mind, would you comment on whether or not NASA would be willing to allow Aerospatiale to participate in the X33 and X34 programs?
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Basic research is essential. I contend that we do not have enough peer review inside NASA.
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