The Congressional Office of Technology Assessment that authored the 1992 report noted that because of their high skill level, “it is in the national interest to integrate these workers into the civilian sector as quickly and as fully as possible.” Who was going to run the shuttle service from Lockheed Missiles and Space Company in Sunnyvale, California, to Hewlett-Packard in Cupertino (8.5 miles), or to Intel in Santa Clara (6 miles), allowing laid-off scientists and engineers access to opportunities in companies that never stopped braying about their need for high-tech professionals? We deserve to be remembered for what we gave, and for the milieu in which we were nurtured – in the history, heritage, culture and traditions of a strong and capable people who’d made it through the Great Depression and World War II.
Author: Barbara Grant
Published at: 2026-01-13 23:55:31
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