Antarctica research essential for continued influence, says panel

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The US National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) emphasizes the need for continuing research in Antarctica to maintain its political influence in the region. The NSTC prioritizes its research program via a year-round presence in the region to secure US influence in the administration of the Antarctic Treaty. The McMurdo station and the Palmer and the Amundsen-Scott stations should be kept open and a panel of logistics experts created to achieve this aim despite funding freezes. The National Science Foundation calls for rebuilding the South Pole station.

Economic aspects, International aspects, Science and technology policy, Science and state, Science policy, Antarctic regions, United States. National Science Foundation

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Congress cool on research funding proposals

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Party members of the US Congress Science Committee have mixed reactions on a plan presented by a team from the National Academy of Science headed by Frank Press. The proposal calls for a localized distribution of R&D funding by omitting military enhancement ventures from the science and technology budget. The plan is considered a bad political move since a single research budget is glutton for attacks from critics and Congress experts of the different areas covered by the budget. The proposal is also described to be biased towards the Republican majority.

Finance, Industrial research, Political aspects, Federal aid to research, Government aid to research, Military research, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science

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