Jan 2 1972
From The Space Library
Research in U.S. was shifting from pure to practical, Thomas O'Toole wrote in Washington Post. "Changes that stress practicality have already been made to parts of U.S. science, but they're scarcely detectable against the $16 billion the federal government spends every year to support U.S. science and technology. One of the few programs of any size begun by the Nixon administration is a $49 million project at the National Science Foundation code-named RANN-for Research Applied to National Needs. RANN supports a host of small programs aimed at improving things like subways, cancer treatment, earthquake forecasts and sewers." Changes within NASA required "little new money, but they serve to spotlight the emphasis the Nixon administration places on the practical goals of science. In the last six months NASA has taken on study projects from the Departments of Commerce, Interior, and Transportation-none of which involves space exploration. The space agency also has a contract from the National Science Foundation to investigate the use of solar cells (used on most unmanned spacecraft) to electrify homes and buildings. It has another contract from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to look into ways an apartment complex might recycle its sewage and water the way future astronauts will do inside their spacecraft." (W Post, 1/3/72, Al)
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