Orientation of the National Policy on Technology——With the Rise and Fall of the German Rigid Airship Technology as Reference

In the first 40 years of the twentieth century, German rigid airship technology had been prosperous in the field of aviation, called as “era of airship”, but it was ended with a sudden stop by the order of Nazi government.In the article, the author analyses the effects of policy intervention on airship technical development and believes that national policy intervention, national identity sense making, war preparing, the education mode had great influence on the rise and fall of the rigid airship technology development in Germany.Based on this case study, several principles are laid out in order to improve the results of national policy intervention on technology research.