SETI Finds Funds For the Allen Telescope Array (For Now)

Ransak writes "It looks as if SETI has met its short term funding goal to restart the Allen Telescope Array. Is crowdsourcing the long term future of pure research projects?"

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Re:Good to hear

[hairyfeet]

Uhhh...we're broke, it case you haven't heard. We have THREE wars going on now, an infrastructure falling apart, and at every turn you got the teabaggers, many of whom signed a "Never raise taxes, I don't give a fuck WHAT happens" pledge cockblocking at every turn.

I mean sure it'd be nice if we could afford science, hell I'd like to cut the military budget a good 40%, bring our boys home, kill the F35, and use that money to fund R&D to bring us back on top INCLUDING space tech, but that ain't gonna happen as long as we got teabaggers flinging shit everywhere like rabid monkeys and going "Give teh rich more MONIES LOL!"

ya know, never has a name been more apropos than that.......teabaggers. Because they sure as hell remind me of those little 14 year old Halo shitheads. But to fund space (and bridges, and SS/Medicare/Medicaid) you actually need this thing called ...oh what is it? Oh yeah money which the teabaggers would happily see the country go third world before ever making a rich man pay a dime. Remember the one who is bringing them the pledges to sign is none other than Grover Norquist, Mr "I want to drown government in the bathtub" himself. you think we can afford anything but bombs as long as THESE bozos are around? As if!