re u s government and science and technolgy investment it should be noted that the us benefitted not only from german science and technology after ww but also from british science and technology from the discovery and manufacture of penicillin to jet engines swing wing aircraft the hovercraft etc etc all were shipped lock stick and barel across the atlantic we still are suffering from this sort of thing because of some of the more parochial aspects of us procurement policy meiko a british parallel computer company for example has now moved most of its facilities to the us since that was the only way it could sell stuff over there dave clements oxford university astrophysics department clements uk ac ox vax umberto eco is the real comte de dlc uk ac ox astro saint germain
