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The Wright Brothers and Ford weren't doing it for any of those, and neither were the people who invented chocolate or GM rice. People researching the solar syst
by richardw 16y ago
The Wright Brothers and Ford weren't doing it for any of those, and neither were the people who invented chocolate or GM rice. People researching the solar system aren't working for the defense industry. Many, many things originate outside of war, entertainment or porn.
- protomyth 16y agoUsing the Wright Brothers as an example might not be the best. They had a lot of dealing with US Army.
- drawkbox 16y agoSome info on those deals: http://www.nasm.si.edu/wrightbrothers/age/1910/military.cfm http://www.nasm.si.edu/wrightbrothers/age/1910/military.cfm
- drawkbox 16y agoIt is forever intertwined. Ford was against financing war (but also supported Hitler), but the roads and interstates that made the car viable in the US was military driven by Eisenhower's interstate system (and the railroad monopolies). I agree things are made/innovated on outside of war, but somewhere along the line most technology is defense driven or funded. What was the Wright brothers invention used for first? Later came commercial flight. The solar system research is driven by science but the science programs are largely defense supported and dual purpose. For instance, many of the shuttle trips have a defense purpose or classified payloads. Even the trip to the Moon was for defense leverage on Earth. From Archimedes to Tesla to science and technology innovation today, most technological advances are closely linked to defense funding or war technology.