Back in the day people did believe in it. People wanted it. That's why there was money. Whether it was a waste depends on where the money came from. For a scien

Back in the day people did believe in it. People wanted it. That's why there was money. Whether it was a waste depends on where the money came from. For a scientist, doing work related to something in the media can help their career. For a uni, it can raise their profile. For a building company it would have been questionable though. Some of it was wasted, no doubt.