PSAC

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PSAC was a high-level advisory body of scientists that counseled the U.S. President on scientific and technological issues, especially during the Cold War era.

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instanceOf United States federal advisory body ⓘ
scientific advisory committee ⓘ
advised President of the United States ⓘ
advisedOn Cold War science policy ⓘ
ballistic missile defense ⓘ
civilian applications of nuclear energy ⓘ
federal support for basic research ⓘ
nuclear test ban issues ⓘ
satellite and missile technology ⓘ
science education initiatives ⓘ
space race strategy ⓘ
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
chairperson Donald F. Hornig ⓘ
George B. Kistiakowsky ⓘ
linked to: George Kistiakowsky

James R. Killian Jr. ⓘ
Jerome B. Wiesner ⓘ
linked to: Jerome Wiesner
country United States ⓘ
createdInContextOf Sputnik crisis ⓘ
dissolved 1973 ⓘ
dissolvedBy Richard Nixon ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
establishedBy Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
field arms control ⓘ
education and science funding ⓘ
national security ⓘ
nuclear weapons policy ⓘ
science and technology policy ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ
space policy ⓘ
technology ⓘ
fullName President's Science Advisory Committee ⓘ
hadSubcommittee PSAC Panel on Environmental Science ⓘ
PSAC Panel on Information Sciences ⓘ
PSAC Panel on Nuclear Weapons ⓘ
PSAC Panel on Space Sciences ⓘ
inception 1957 ⓘ
influenced U.S. nuclear test ban negotiations ⓘ
U.S. space program priorities ⓘ
federal R&D funding patterns ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
member Edward Teller ⓘ
George Kistiakowsky ⓘ
Hans Bethe ⓘ
Herbert York ⓘ
Isidor Isaac Rabi ⓘ
linked to: I. I. Rabi

Lee A. DuBridge ⓘ
partOf Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
replaced Science Advisory Committee of the Office of Defense Mobilization ⓘ
replacedBy Office of Science and Technology Policy ⓘ
reportedTo White House ⓘ

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