SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR SUPPORT OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE
SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR SUPPORT OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE
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DOI:
10.1126/science.769161
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
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影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
DRIPPS, RD
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文献类型:
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作者:
COMROE, JH;DRIPPS, RD
Our interest in this project began in 1966 when President Lyndon Johnson said," Presidents... need to show more interest in what the specific results of research are-in their lifetime, and in their administration. A great deal of basic research has been done... but I think the time has come to zero in on the targets-by trying to get our knowledge fully applied.... We must make sure that no lifesaving discovery is locked up in the laboratory [italics ours]." The position of the Johnson Administration on basic research was bolstered by a preliminary report of a study," Project Hindsight," commissioned by the Department of Defense and published in 1966 (I). A team of scientists and engineers analyzed retrospectively how 20 important military weapons came to be developed. Among these were weapons such as Polaris and Minuteman missiles, nuclear warheads, C-141 aircraft, the Mark 46 torpedo, and the M 102 Howitzer.