4 ms·
Quote 1: "Great idea," said Herzfeld. "Get it going. You've got $1m more in your budget right now. Go." Quote 2: "They cost $80,000 each, more than $500,000
by unnouinceput 7y ago
Quote 1:
"Great idea," said Herzfeld. "Get it going. You've got $1m more in your budget right now. Go."
Quote 2:
"They cost $80,000 each, more than $500,000 (£405,000) in today's money. "
If only would be that easy to get $6.25m in today's government environment for a pet project done in name of science. Today, to get those money, all you have to do is be a military contractor and say "...for helping troops in Afghanistan" and a check would already fly in your direction. Not so much for science one though.
- cameronbrown 7y agoMilitary research has always been a major driver of technological development. It's not a recent thing - it's just the other sources of funding are drying up.
- throw0101a 7y ago> Military research has always been a major driver of technological development. Silicon Valley was built on government / military spending (at least until the late 1970s): * https://steveblank.com/secret-history/ https://steveblank.com/secret-history/ * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17600305 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17600305
- rasz 7y agoIt never stopped https://qz.com/1145669/googles-true-origin-partly-lies-in-cia-and-nsa-research-grants-for-mass-surveillance/ https://qz.com/1145669/googles-true-origin-partly-lies-in-ci...
- dredmorbius 7y agoGoing back a ways. The US Navy was a leading founding backer of MIT.
- rasz 7y agoIts not as terrible as you might think. Do you know of Michael Ossmann HackRF? Funded by DARPA https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/10/19/darpa-funded-radio-hackrf-aims-to-be-a-300-wireless-swiss-army-knife-for-hackers/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/10/19/darpa-...