Comments on: A New Mission for American Science http://scienceprogress.org/2008/08/a-new-mission-for-american-science/ Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:59:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Melomann http://scienceprogress.org/2008/08/a-new-mission-for-american-science/comment-page-1/#comment-4881 Melomann Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:33:07 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/08/a-new-mission-for-american-science/#comment-4881 Wanna to share with you some rarest mp3s of <a href="http://artistvault.net/blues/" rel="nofollow">blues mp3 collection</a> from my home collection. Enjoy! P.S. Wish you all happy easter! :) Wanna to share with you some rarest mp3s of blues mp3 collection from my home collection. Enjoy! P.S. Wish you all happy easter! :)

]]> By: Patrick McCray http://scienceprogress.org/2008/08/a-new-mission-for-american-science/comment-page-1/#comment-2649 Patrick McCray Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:52:07 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/08/a-new-mission-for-american-science/#comment-2649 I'm always surprised by the persistent use of the "Apollo" analogy by politicians and policy makers. I understand that symbolically it represents something grand in terms of ambition and achievement. But as a historical example of policy making, it's a terrible comparison. Apollo was a crash program, executed with little forethought to long-term effects, hastily put together by politicians with no consultation with the public, and done in response to acute presidential crises (Gagarin's flight and Bay of Pigs). The correspondence between JFK and LBJ from May 1961 shows how desperate the administration was to score a big visible policy victory. Once Apollo was launched (the program that is), JFK considered quietly dropping it, having achieved the domestic and foreign policy success he needed. Meanwhile, the Apollo program itself distorted NASA's original strategic mission (from either the Von Braun or Van Allen model and in ways very different from what Ike wanted) in ways that the agency is still dealing with. While "Apollo" may signify something special and grand to the Baby Boomer generation, it is a poor model for a forward-looking and carefully-reasoned energy policy. I’m always surprised by the persistent use of the “Apollo” analogy by politicians and policy makers. I understand that symbolically it represents something grand in terms of ambition and achievement. But as a historical example of policy making, it’s a terrible comparison. Apollo was a crash program, executed with little forethought to long-term effects, hastily put together by politicians with no consultation with the public, and done in response to acute presidential crises (Gagarin’s flight and Bay of Pigs). The correspondence between JFK and LBJ from May 1961 shows how desperate the administration was to score a big visible policy victory. Once Apollo was launched (the program that is), JFK considered quietly dropping it, having achieved the domestic and foreign policy success he needed. Meanwhile, the Apollo program itself distorted NASA’s original strategic mission (from either the Von Braun or Van Allen model and in ways very different from what Ike wanted) in ways that the agency is still dealing with. While “Apollo” may signify something special and grand to the Baby Boomer generation, it is a poor model for a forward-looking and carefully-reasoned energy policy.

]]> By: TomJoe http://scienceprogress.org/2008/08/a-new-mission-for-american-science/comment-page-1/#comment-2541 TomJoe Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:41:08 +0000 http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/08/a-new-mission-for-american-science/#comment-2541 Agricultural Research Services, the in-house research agency of USDA, has been doing this. They work very closely with their customers (which include farmers) on agricultural based energy programs. The problem is, all the bioenergy research money goes to the DOE, and very little of it trickles on down to ARS. <a href="http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/themes/biopande.htm?special_code=BPMS026&PT=BioFuels" rel="nofollow">ARS Research in Biobased Products & BioEnergy</a> - This link lists many of the ARS biofuel initiatives. Agricultural Research Services, the in-house research agency of USDA, has been doing this. They work very closely with their customers (which include farmers) on agricultural based energy programs. The problem is, all the bioenergy research money goes to the DOE, and very little of it trickles on down to ARS.

ARS Research in Biobased Products & BioEnergy – This link lists many of the ARS biofuel initiatives.

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