NIF is weapons research, hence my point. Congress won't fund a civilian space shuttle anymore but we spend billions for the military to have their own. Like I

NIF is weapons research, hence my point. Congress won't fund a civilian space shuttle anymore but we spend billions for the military to have their own. Like I said, if it's not about killing people, destroying things and spying on the world (including our own people) we pretty much won't spend money on it anymore here. Germany did the investment beyond war.