This part?? This is why sometimes research doesn’t make immediate sense to people looking at a list of projects but can still lead to important discoveries
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This is why federally-funded groups of scientists/ engineers who don't have to churn out profitable results are a net societal positive. Sure, NASA may not get to Mars immediately (but of course neither has anyone else).... but how much cool shit will they discover/ invent along the way?
Read once that the PM of his day asked Faraday what point there was in studying electricity. Faraday replied: "One day, sir, you'll want to tax it." You can't tell how useful something will be until you've found out what it is.
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