Technicalities: Aircraft Building Has Come Out of the Woods
Timber holds a special place as the primordial material in airplane construction. By and large WWI airplanes were made of wood and fabric.
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Timber holds a special place as the primordial material in airplane construction. By and large WWI airplanes were made of wood and fabric.
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Among the more influential truisms about science today is that it is essential for technological — and thus economic — progress. It is fitting, then, that the apparent slowing of American innovation has fueled a debate about the importance of science and the need for the federal government to support it. Indeed, there is growing interest across the political spectrum in revitalizing American innovation, raising questions about how best to allocate scarce resources. What kinds of research should we support? Who should decide — government or industry or the scientific community? Should we...