BASIC RESEARCH AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Abstract

The following questions are discussed: (I) What is basic research; (II) Why is basic research a Good Thing for the Federal government to support; (III) Why is basic research a Good Thing for the Department of Defense to support; The difficulties of definitions of basic research are presented. Federal and industrial research budgets are compared. The talk leans heavily on the General Welfare clause of the Preamble to the Constitution of the US, with instances drawn from the research sponsored by AFOSR. The changing role of DoD in national research support is discussed. An addendum defends the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information against an unwarranted criticism in a popular digest magazine.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0649402

Entities

People

  • Harold Wooster

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Biological Sciences
  • Budgets
  • Business Administration
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Industrial Research
  • Information Science
  • Law
  • Military Education
  • Military Research
  • National Governments
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.