Reply #78: But isn't that an argument for increased $$ to other research, rather than cutting [View All]

[Greyhound]

it from space exploration?

Leaving the distribution of $$ to the private sector (corporations) means only research with immediate profit potential gets funded, while pure research gets nada.

The whole point of scientific research, at least when I was in school, is that we have no way of knowing what will be discovered or where those discoveries will lead. It is clear that any pill to make your dick hard will make a ton of $$, but aside from piles of money, what is gained?