Why does the Foundation concentrate its support on basic rather than applied research Basic research is the very heart of science, and its cumulative product is the capital of scientific progress, a capital that must be constantly increased as the demands upon its rise. The goal of basic research is understanding for its own sake. Understanding of the structure of the atom or the nerve cell, the explosion of a spiral nebula (螺旋星) or the distribution of cosmic dust, the causes of earthquakes and droughts, or of man as a behaving creature and of the social forces that are created whenever two of more human beings come into contact with one another—the scope is staggering, but the commitment to truth is the same. If the commitment were to a particular result, conflicting evidence might be overlooked or, with the best will in the world, simply not appreciated. Moreover, the practical applications o
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Space is a dangerous place, not only
because of meteors but also because of rays from the sun and other stars. The
atmosphere again acts as our protective blanket on earth. Light gets through,
and this is essential for plants to make the food which we eat. Heat, too, makes
our environment endurable. Various kinds of rays come through the air from outer
space, but enormous quantities of radiation from the sun are screened off. As
soon as men leave the atmosphere they are exposed to this radiation but their
spacesuits or the walls of their spacecraft, if they are inside, do prevent a
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