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Comment by Mawr | original | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
[−]Mawr · 2026-08-29 Sat 19:58 UTC · link
> I have to wonder what things would look like with different priorities.

Things aren't as simple as more money = more good.

Rapid progress requires adversity, the kind you'll find when nations compete for military power, for example.

[−]teamonkey · 2026-08-30 Sun 02:48 UTC · link
Adversity forces a scientific budget and for jobs to be created in related research areas. For some reason we don’t find it important to maintain that level of funding when there’s no adversity.