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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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