Two weeks in, the Webb Space Telescope is reshaping astronomy

Re:Two weeks in, the Webb Space Telescope is reshaping astro... by swarnie on Monday July 25, 2022 @01:32PM (#32227912)

> rockets, jets, computers, encryption, RADAR, SONAR, internets, canning/food preservation, weather prediction - that's just things I know from being in tech (and knowing some history). I'm sure if I was a chemist, materials scientist, engineer, or doctor I'd be able to name tons more from those fields.

Half of those inventions come from other nations who dont need to spend 800bn a year (or whatever it is now) + however much the CIA makes from selling crack.

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Re:Two weeks in, the Webb Space Telescope is reshaping astro... by qorrect on Monday July 25, 2022 @01:43PM (#32228096)

> + however much the CIA makes from selling crack.

That gave me a good chuckle.

Also, just because the military did them first, does not mean we wouldn't have created them. We might even have more inventions if we had a dedicated R&D team for America.

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Re:Two weeks in, the Webb Space Telescope is reshaping astro... by swarnie on Monday July 25, 2022 @02:06PM (#32228466)

Don't you have the start of something similar with DARPA?

Maybe that would be expanded and given a civilian role?

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Re:Two weeks in, the Webb Space Telescope is reshaping astro... by qorrect on Thursday July 28, 2022 @01:46PM (#32267819)

True, and DARPA does some pretty cool stuff. Civilian 'ARPA how awesome would that be.

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