[KevinDavis]

I call it money well spent. I would rather see the money spent on the space program then some welfare bums.

[DPB101]

Well me too if that were the only choice. But it isn't. The question is how can the money be best spent on space? The British needed a chronometer for their voyages of discovery to succeed. They put up a nice fat prize for anyone who invented one. 1% of the cost of 1 shuttle launch is $4 million. A lot of incentive in that kind of money for the little guy to start thinking.