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Old 18-06-2016, 03:42 PM
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Funding for astronomy and science in context ...

... by Neil deGrasse Tyson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_F3pw5F_Pc

His main point: US government bank bailout in the late 2000s (which was money down the drain that achieved nothing) cost more than the entire 50 year running cost of NASA.

Just something to think about.

For more on the 2006-2010 US banking crisis Khan Academy has an excellent rundown on it that even a finance-phobic science nerd like me found very insightful and very interesting:

Prelude (Credit Crisis): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...5E4F0ED131E4D1
Paulson Bailout: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...233FA3D593154E
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