Copyright The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s the optimism of the space race, when we boldly invested 1.8% of our gross domestic product into federal research and development in the 1960s, according to the National Science Foundation. That investment didn’t just put a man on the moon; it united a fractured country behind a common goal. Today, that investment is just 0.6%, a figure that has been essentially flat for nearly two decades. Restoring this optimism means returning federal R&D investment to the levels of that era, not slashing it. It’s the optimism of the space race, when we boldly invested 1.8% of our gross domestic product into federal research and development in the 1960s, according to the National Science Foundation. That investment didn’t just put a man on the moon; it united a fractured country behind a common goal. Today, that investment is just 0.6%, a figure that has been essentially flat for nearly two decades. Restoring this optimism means returning federal R&D investment to the levels of that era, not slashing it. ,raey krow saw detnaw dnatsrednu .eurt ot ot ,reganeet ygolocamrahp ym .sevil tsal ni evorpmi woh pleh denrae sgurd maerd sesaesid eruc emoc ta dna dna a a ytisrevinU ecniS .D.hP ev’I I I yromE .raey dluow su eciwt ot ot eht eht eht eht taht taht yduts pets .rekcis sknirhs knirhs ereves laer desoporp desoporp reroop reroop ruo ruo fo esnefednon txen ylraen snaem gnikam ekil dnuof yreve detamitse ,srallod suortsasid stuc stuc tuc dluoc yb yb eb ,drawkcab egareva sa sa era yletamixorppa dna dna lla seicnega a etihW ytisrevinU yehT ehT .noisseceR D;pma&R lanoitaN FSN setutitsnI nI s’esuoH htlaeH taerG PDG PDG naciremA naciremA A ,%6.7 .%8.3 %52 5202 8002 000,01$ .krow .lufetsaw hcuot ot seltit rieht tnelat dnuos emos stsitneics snaicitilop .enilepip tuo ro fo snoitutitsni tnarg ,yfoog nialpxe regae tnempoleved ezicitirc lacitirc nac tub sa era era eerga aimedaca a emoS ruO I ”ekow“ htiw erew su siht eht eht taht deyevrus yduts dellac-os ?refas srehcraeser ,hcraeser fo fo ekam gnivael si fi woh reihtlaeh dnuof gnitanimile od stuc gniredisnoc denrecnoc esuaceb dna s’noitartsinimda .snoitca etihW detinU setatS erutaN esuoH nevE A %57 %05 ,raey krow saw detnaw dnatsrednu .eurt ot ot ,reganeet ygolocamrahp ym .sevil tsal ni evorpmi woh pleh denrae sgurd maerd sesaesid eruc emoc ta dna dna a a ytisrevinU ecniS .D.hP ev’I I I yromE .raey dluow su eciwt ot ot eht eht eht eht taht taht yduts pets .rekcis sknirhs knirhs ereves laer desoporp desoporp reroop reroop ruo ruo fo esnefednon txen ylraen snaem gnikam ekil dnuof yreve detamitse ,srallod suortsasid stuc stuc tuc dluoc yb yb eb ,drawkcab egareva sa sa era yletamixorppa dna dna lla seicnega a etihW ytisrevinU yehT ehT .noisseceR D;pma&R lanoitaN FSN setutitsnI nI s’esuoH htlaeH taerG PDG PDG naciremA naciremA A ,%6.7 .%8.3 %52 5202 8002 000,01$ .krow .lufetsaw hcuot ot seltit rieht tnelat dnuos emos stsitneics snaicitilop .enilepip tuo ro fo snoitutitsni tnarg ,yfoog nialpxe regae tnempoleved ezicitirc lacitirc nac tub sa era era eerga aimedaca a emoS ruO I ”ekow“ htiw erew su siht eht eht taht deyevrus yduts dellac-os ?refas srehcraeser ,hcraeser fo fo ekam gnivael si fi woh reihtlaeh dnuof gnitanimile od stuc gniredisnoc denrecnoc esuaceb dna s’noitartsinimda .snoitca etihW detinU setatS erutaN esuoH nevE A %57 %05
