5/13/ AIAA Delta Forum AIAA Engineering & Technology Management Addressing the Impact of the Reductions in Aerospace R&D Funding What is the effect on Society? Tim Howard Society & Aerospace Technology Technical Committee

5/13/ AIAA Delta Forum AIAA Engineering & Technology Management Overview Initial Thesis: The U.S. is losing its pre- eminence in aerospace because the government has cut funding for Research and Development, especially for aeronautics

5/13/ AIAA Delta Forum AIAA Engineering & Technology Management Overview What are the effects on Society of reducing aerospace R&D funding? What does Society need? What does Society need? How does aerospace R&D meet those needs? How does aerospace R&D meet those needs? What role does aerospace R&D play? What role does aerospace R&D play?

5/13/ AIAA Delta Forum AIAA Engineering & Technology Management Maslow’s Needs What does Society need? Maslow as a model of Societal needs Maslow as a model of Societal needs Survival Safety Relationship Prestige SelfActualization Knowledge & Aesthetics Trans-cendence Security

5/13/ AIAA Delta Forum AIAA Engineering & Technology Management Basic Needs The Basic Needs of Society Survival Survival Safety Safety Security Security Relationship Relationship Survival Safety Relationship Prestige SelfActualization Knowledge & Aesthetics Trans-cendence Security

5/13/ AIAA Delta Forum AIAA Engineering & Technology Management Higher Needs The Higher Needs of Society Prestige Prestige Knowledge Knowledge Actualization Actualization Transcendence Transcendence Survival Safety Relationship Prestige SelfActualization Knowledge & Aesthetics Trans-cendence Security

5/13/ AIAA Delta Forum AIAA Engineering & Technology Management Societal Needs How does aerospace R&D help meet Societal needs? Survival Survival Safety Safety Security Security Global Relationships Global Relationships National Prestige National Prestige Knowledge & Aesthetics Knowledge & Aesthetics Societal Self- actualization Societal Self- actualization Societal Transcendence Societal Transcendence

5/13/ AIAA Delta Forum AIAA Engineering & Technology Management Survival Remote sensing Remote sensing Resource protection Resource protection Atmospheric analysis Atmospheric analysis

5/13/ AIAA Delta Forum AIAA Engineering & Technology Management Severe Weather Warning Severe Weather Warning Safety

5/13/ AIAA Delta Forum AIAA Engineering & Technology Management Protect our interests around the world Protect our interests around the world Robust, flexible response Robust, flexible response Security

5/13/ AIAA Delta Forum AIAA Engineering & Technology Management Transportation enables relationship Transportation enables relationship Aerospace enables global interaction Aerospace enables global interaction Global Relationships

5/13/ AIAA Delta Forum AIAA Engineering & Technology Management Aerospace leadership on an interplanetary scale Aerospace leadership on an interplanetary scale National Prestige

5/13/ AIAA Delta Forum AIAA Engineering & Technology Management Knowledge & Aesthetics Traditional economy Traditional economy Knowledge economy Knowledge economy How do we build a knowledge economy without knowledge?

5/13/ AIAA Delta Forum AIAA Engineering & Technology Management Societal Self-Actualization The perfect democratic society The perfect democratic society How has aerospace helped?

5/13/ AIAA Delta Forum AIAA Engineering & Technology Management Reaching out to help others Reaching out to help others Moving forward to our next stage of societal growth Moving forward to our next stage of societal growth Societal Transcendence

5/13/ AIAA Delta Forum AIAA Engineering & Technology Management Aerospace R&D What is the role of aerospace R&D? Provides the technologies to meet the needs of society Provides the technologies to meet the needs of society If other, non-US sources can provide the technologies, do we still need aerospace R&D? If other, non-US sources can provide the technologies, do we still need aerospace R&D?

5/13/ AIAA Delta Forum AIAA Engineering & Technology Management Aerospace R&D What needs does aerospace R&D directly affect? National security National security National prestige National prestige Knowledge economy Knowledge economy

5/13/ AIAA Delta Forum AIAA Engineering & Technology Management Security R&D We’ll buy foreign cars, but not foreign fighter jets We’ll buy foreign cars, but not foreign fighter jets To have aircraft that meet our security needs, we must preserve technology base To have aircraft that meet our security needs, we must preserve technology base To preserve technology base, we must conduct R&D To preserve technology base, we must conduct R&D

5/13/ AIAA Delta Forum AIAA Engineering & Technology Management Prestige and R&D Without R&D, we lose the leadership role we have played for the life of the industry Without R&D, we lose the leadership role we have played for the life of the industry We lose the “right stuff” needed to be the first or the best We lose the “right stuff” needed to be the first or the best

5/13/ AIAA Delta Forum AIAA Engineering & Technology Management Government funds R&D to drive industry to develop products Government funds R&D to drive industry to develop products We do not have to produce the products themselves if we can profit from the knowledge instead We do not have to produce the products themselves if we can profit from the knowledge instead If we lose R&D, we lose the knowledge that we need for our society, and our new economy If we lose R&D, we lose the knowledge that we need for our society, and our new economy Knowledge & R&D

5/13/ AIAA Delta Forum AIAA Engineering & Technology Management Conclusion What is the Impact on Society? Aerospace technologies satisfy our societal needs Aerospace technologies satisfy our societal needs R&D has a critical role to play in meeting our need for security, prestige, and knowledge R&D has a critical role to play in meeting our need for security, prestige, and knowledge Without R&D funding, we do lose our pre-eminence, and society will suffer as a result Without R&D funding, we do lose our pre-eminence, and society will suffer as a result