09 February 2007

In Which We Suggest That Government Money Is Not Always Mispent


This is more Skipper's turf (deck? vessel?) than mine, but you can go here for the top twenty Hubble Space Telescope pictures, as rated by viewers at Space.com.

3 comments:

Hey Skipper said...

The long duration deep space views are the ones that make me think.

Bret said...

If government didn't pay for it, the private sector might well and it would probably be more efficient. Pretty picture, but it pushes the limit of what government should spend money on in my opinion

Mike Beversluis said...

Basic research is really hard to capitalize on, so probably not.

Robot missions seem like a better direction since you don't need to try for safety perfection - which really drives up the cost.