It's interesting that two of those 5 things came directly from the seeds of the DOD, and two others indirectly benefited greatly from the seeds planted by DOD projects (much of the radio communication technology that went into cell phones, much of the talent that had been working at Xeorx PARC).
Nono, this isn't to say that the Military Industrial Complex needs more money. Rather, I think it's a sign that government sponsored science and engineering is doing a lot more for us then people think perhaps. These technologies that are some of the corner stones of employment in the US right now owe a great deal to the money that came from the taxes that ran the government all those years.
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Nono, this isn't to say that the Military Industrial Complex needs more money. Rather, I think it's a sign that government sponsored science and engineering is doing a lot more for us then people think perhaps. These technologies that are some of the corner stones of employment in the US right now owe a great deal to the money that came from the taxes that ran the government all those years.