> Never, never, never will you hear: > "We've got enough money, please don't send more!" Well, research problems (such as the ones you quoted) can only be sol

> Never, never, never will you hear: > "We've got enough money, please don't send more!" Well, research problems (such as the ones you quoted) can only be solved by substained effort and that requires substained cash flow. And there has been progress in all of them. Real-life research is not like in Civ., where you can exchange $10000 for the invention of electricity. There are unknown costs that pop up all the time.