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The first report of the newly formed Science Advisory Committee, commonly known as the Killian Report (February 14, 1955, officially "Meeting the Threat of Surprise Attack"), suggested that any defense in the nuclear age was pointless, and outlined scenarios in which up to 90% of the US population
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Panels, for example, reflected the national security concerns of the committee. Two important themes common to many of the studies are the budgetary problems of funding projects, and the administration's concern over competing successfully with the
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were made to rely on federal agencies for guidance in scientific policy. A similar entity, the United States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (
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The committee had no operating responsibilities. Its purpose was to provide advisory opinions and analysis on science and technology matters to the entire
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would die in an all-out exchange. It suggested the only defense was deterrence, and set in motion the policies that would later be known as
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satellites. PSAC was an upgrade and move to the White House of the Science Advisory Committee (SAC) established in 1951 by President
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Restoring the Quality of our Environment: Report of the Environmental Pollution Panel, President's Science Advisory Committee
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The President's Science Advisory Committee included many noteworthy scientists and non-scientists, including:
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In 1965, the PSAC environmental pollution panel issued a major report outlining water, air, and
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Hans Bethe talking about his time on the President's Science Advisory Committee
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Science and Technology Advice to the President, Congress and Judiciary
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In 1973, shortly after winning re-election in a landslide, President
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Index

President's Scientific Advisory Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Soviet
Sputnik 1
Sputnik 2
Harry S. Truman
Office of Defense Mobilization
James R. Killian
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Office of Science and Technology Policy
mutually assured destruction
Oliver E. Buckley
Lee Alvin DuBridge
Isadore I. Rabi
James R. Killian
George Kistiakowsky
Jerome Wiesner
Donald F. Hornig
Edward E. David Jr.
Lloyd Berkner
Hans Bethe
Lewis Branscomb
Melvin Calvin
Britton Chance
Thomas Gold
Philip Handler
Franklin Long
Gordon J.F. MacDonald
William McElroy

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