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Anybody want to start increasing government R&D funding yet?
by killjoywashere 6y ago
Anybody want to start increasing government R&D funding yet?
- mulmen 6y agoThis came up in a recent thread on this topic. I was surprised to learn that NSF funding has actually increased basically continuously since 1951. 2020 is the second highest funding level ever. The loss of Arecibo is painful and we have certainly lost capability but it isn't as bad as it looks. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25273623 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25273623 https://dellweb.bfa.nsf.gov/NSFRqstAppropHist/NSFRequestsandAppropriationsHistory.pdf https://dellweb.bfa.nsf.gov/NSFRqstAppropHist/NSFRequestsand...