"if he can do to TB what he did to Lotus 1-2-3 he has to be thanked."
As for the reply-er who said:
"Don't be naiv. Donations by hughly rich people are usually money that would be collected as tax."
If you think this foundation and donating vast sums of money like this is the only way he could avoid/reduce his tax bill, then you are the one who is being naive.
I suggest you read Perfectly Legal.
Even if he is just circumventing his taxes, I think he is saving a lot in overhead.
I thought that it was better to launch things from the equator. Something about angular momentum, maybe? This is (I thought) why the ESA launches from Equatorial Guinea, or some such.
I agree with the person who wrote the above. Los Alamos can't be as atomic-weapon-centric as it was during WWII. The research/science being done there is still top notch, just in different fields. As the article says:
"For years, weapons were their sole mission. Then the cold war ended and they had to find other things to do, as well."
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I suggest you read Perfectly Legal. Even if he is just circumventing his taxes, I think he is saving a lot in overhead.
I thought that it was better to launch things from the equator. Something about angular momentum, maybe? This is (I thought) why the ESA launches from Equatorial Guinea, or some such.
I agree with the person who wrote the above. Los Alamos can't be as atomic-weapon-centric as it was during WWII. The research/science being done there is still top notch, just in different fields. As the article says: "For years, weapons were their sole mission. Then the cold war ended and they had to find other things to do, as well."