So is the U.S. losing its lock on technology?

[Bruce B]

"The U.S. is now behind Europe in the number of scientists and engineers it graduates and no longer leads the world in innovation, which it must do to counter the exodus of manufacturing jobs to Asia. As David Baltimore, a Nobel laureate and president of the California Institute of Technology stated: 'We no longer have a lock on technology. Europe is increasingly competitive, and Asia has the potential to blow us out of the water.'' tyee
And corporate America is buying firms from the outside to actually gain technology. Example: Canadian aerospace company for satellite technology.
Exactly Jack and it was these Canadians from the 50s that fueled the US space race.,

[jackjacoman]

the canadian govt. stopped the sale of the aerospace co. to the us. we get to keep the jobs and technology here.in the 1950 s canada had the most advanced fighter plane in the world the avro arrow , when the conservative govt. decided to scrap plans to produce it about 50 top aircraft people went to the us. canadian are still pissed over that.