January 1971
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Creation of global resources management system was discussed by Dr. Wernher von Braun, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning, in guest editorial in Astronautics & Aeronautics: "Can we afford to create a global resources management system? I think we cannot afford not to develop it. As the richest nation in the world we have a moral obligation to bring our new technology to bear to help the helpless. But let us talk about our national security. On both well-fed sides of the Iron Curtain, an uncomfortable amount of raw thermonuclear power has been piled up in the name of 'deterring the other side.' In the meantime, the under-fed, over-populated part of the world, too poor to build thermonuclear bombs, has quietly developed a far more terrifying threat to the thermonuclear powers: the Population Bomb. Is it not just common sense to spend at least a small part of our tax money set aside for national security on the task of defusing that bomb? It is gratifying indeed to know that, by establishing a global Earth- resources survey and management system, we can combine a project bound to vastly enhance our national security with a noble contribution to the welfare of the world, a charity quite likely to save the lives of millions." (A&A, 1/71, 24-5)
NSF released Research and Development in Local Governments, Fiscal Years 1968 & 1969 (NSF 71-6)
Local government R&D expenditures doubled between 1966 and 1969, from $20 million to $40 million. Approximately 50% of funds spent by local governments for R&D came from Federal Government. Life, social, and engineering sciences were largest fields in local government R&D. (Text)
