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To: RetiredNow who wrote (3864)	1/4/2009 12:03:14 PM
From: Hawkmoon	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

The 2009 budget would continue the downward slide in federal research funding and leave the federal research portfolio 9.1 percent below the 2004 level in inflation-adjusted dollars. So.. your original contention was that overall government funded R&D has fallen during the Bush administration, but they only cite 9.1% "inflation adjusted" decline FROM 2004, when it should have cited from 2001. As for Asian R&D, what leads you to believe that it's commercially focused and not military focused? China just ordered 2 aircraft carriers to be built by 2015, technology with which they have very little practical experience. That will take up tremendous resources just to catch up in some technological systems areas. As for the US military R&D budget, quite a bit of it has commercial applications, such as their diesel-electric hybrid specifications for the new HEMMT: oshkoshdefense.com And lest you forget, the internet was a DOD communications R&D program under DARPA. We also have the military to thank for the airline industry. Botttom line, a 9.1% inflation adjusted drop in R&D is not catastrophic. It may be merely the fact that there are not insufficient projects deemed worthy of being financed. Hawk